We must also learn everything we can from the awful murder of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes. A national review has been established to enable this to happen. If we can contribute our learning to this review, we will do."

As a grandparent – if I suspected that one of my grandchildren were being abused, I would not hesitate to call all agencies including NSPCC and demand action. Would if necessary take the child to live with me! I contributed the following points in response to the death of Arthur and it seems just as pertinent in respect of Star. Smith’s family and friends had growing fears about bruising they saw on little Star in the months before she died. The Department for Education (DfE) appointed former Leeds director of children’s services Steve Walker in September as a commissioner to work with Bradford council’s children’s services earlier this year after Ofsted reported a “slow pace” of improvement since its ‘inadequate’ rating three years ago. We must also learn everything we can from the awful murder of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes. A national review has been established to enable this to happen. If we can contribute our learning to this review, we will do.the flowers in time and apologised in person. I gave both customers a voucher for a bouquet as compensation. I am a social worker, I trained abroad and started practising in the UK 16 years ago. That may not be long, but I have seen so many changes in terms of policies, procedures, legislation and especially over the last ten years or so things have gotten worst. During her trial, she was reprimanded by the judge for 'gesturing' while a barrister outlined her awful crime. Smith said Star had fallen down the stairs. Social services closed the case on September 15, after the social worker concluded the referral was malicious.

Result - over a period of 3 months, there was an 25% increase in sign-ups to the newsletter and the approach I took was used by the management team in other departments. It said: "We want to say first and foremost that we're sorry for the death of Star. This was a child's life cut cruelly short.Anyone who has followed the trial will want to know what more could have been done to help protect Star. As agencies who have a joint responsibility to protect children, this has been at the forefront of our minds. Any death of a child, wherever it happens, is one death too many, but this happened in our district, in our community and has had a devastating impact.

He described Star as a bubbly baby and a lover of music: "She just, she started wiggling about, shaking her head.

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When things do go wrong it is crucial that we take onboard any lessons, but it’s equally as important that the system is designed and, crucially, resourced properly, so that we can identify children and families who need our help and support earlier to prevent them from reaching crisis point and effectively safeguard children,” he said. She described how Star's smile would "light up the room" and added that she developed a cheeky personality.

A specialist medical practitioner should almost always assess bruises/injuries and be fully briefed by the social worker beforehand They may have fallen out with the parent(s) or disapprove of life style etc but a relatives’s concern about the child is usually genuine and justified.September - Star is seriously injured at the flat in Wesley Place, Keighley, and dies later in hospital. Five referrals to Bradford council’s children’s services were made by friends and family from January 2020 to Star’s death, but Smith “fobbed off social workers, persuading them the referrals were malicious”, according to Guardian reports. Anyone who has followed the trial will want to know what more could have been done to help protect Star." I thought it was a bit stupid, as it was like ringing a criminal and telling them they are going to come round and arrest them in an hour.