Serious Case Reviews

When a child dies, and abuse or neglect is known or suspected to be a factor in the death, the LSCB will always conduct a serious case review (SCR) into the involvement with the child and family of organisations and professionals.

The purpose of the SCR is to identify lessons about how professionals and agencies work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, and to ensure interagency working is improved as a result. SCR’s are not inquiries into how a child died or who is culpable. This is a matter for the Coroners and criminal courts to determine.

The LSCB will always consider whether a SCR should be conducted where:

  • A child sustains a potentially life threatening injury or serious and permanent impairment of health and development through abuse or neglect; or
  • A child has been subjected to particularly serious sexual abuse; or
  • A parent has been murdered and a homicide review is being initiated; or
  • A child has been killed by a parent with a mental illness; or
  • The case gives rise to concerns about inter-agency working to protect children from harm

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