An Ofsted report has revealed that 25 children have died in the UK in the past twelve months due to the failings of social services. Too many children are losing their lives because social workers refuse to listen to concerned relatives and neighbours. In the the majority of these cases it has been the grandparents who reported the abuse and yet their pleas for help for their grandchildren were not taken into account, or even seriously.

Ofsted assessed 67 serious case reviews  between April 1 and September 30 last year involving 93 children. Thirty-nine had died. Of the 93 children, 70 were known to social services. Twenty-five of these children died, including 4 who were subject to active child protection plans. Why are social services not listening to grandparents…why are they not listening to the non-custodial fathers of these children…?

Ultimately it is a parent’s job to care for and protect their child, in a perfect world we should not need a social services. But the fact is we have the RSPCA who act immediately and confiscate abused animals, but abused children are continually left to suffer a terrible fate at the hands of their abusers. Our Government goes to great lengths to look after the rights and welfare of prisoners and convicted terrorists but when it comes to vulnerable children they don’t want to know. Imagine if 25 prisoners died in custody last year – well, it just would not be allowed to happen would it…?