A report from the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel - an independent panel of experts who assessed data from local safeguarding incidents in England - reveals a lack of 'joined-up' working across safeguarding agencies.

The children at the heart of this report endured shocking and almost indescribable violence and maltreatment. We must never become inured or habituated to the abuse, neglect and trauma they have suffered... Too often the work of safeguarding agencies is not as ‘joined up’ as it must be, undermining their ability to know what is happening to a child and take decisive action