How on earth did the the authorities let this happen?

[Admiral Huddy]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...on/7723042.stm

I'm sorry, but why do the local autorities and social services think they can brush this aside everytime something like this happens without consequence. Then, as Sharon Shoesmith said, "we are learning by our mistakes".

So how many more mistakes must you make before you actually learn?

The baby had been visited over 60 times by the authorities and social services were warned that the baby was in grave danger. Yet after numerous hosiptal visits, this was still allowed to happen. Surely someone would have thought "Somethings not right here?" and had the balls to put the baby in foster care but the system and the protocol prevents anyone doing so.

Sharon Shoesmith, chair of the board, said: "The very sad fact is that we can't stop people who are determined to kill children."

This is total bollocks. You don't have to actually pull a trigger to kill someone. These people are just as much to blame than those that killed baby "P" and should be prosecuted for manslaughter for neglection of their duties.

What makes me angry is that they blame lack of staffing and lack of foster parents. We lost our right to foster because we had no bannisters on our stairs. Surely, in the interest of a childs saftey, it's best of placed in a home where a child is being cared for with minimal risk , than to be placed somewhere where they are abused and murdered. What the **** is wrong with some people!!!!!

**** you social services!