Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews

A Local Child Safeguarding Practice Review will be commissioned by the Derby and Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Partnership in circumstances where a more in depth review is needed to understand how local safeguarding arrangements should be strengthened as a result of initial learning identified in the rapid review. A local child safeguarding practice review will involve the family(if they wish to be involved), agencies who provided services to the family and the report will be published.

More detailed information is available about the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Process in Derby and Derbyshire.

When each review is completed a report or summary report is published. This includes an outline of what happened, without identifying the child or their family, what went well and what needs to change to make sure that in future other children and young people can be better protected.

Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews published by the Derby and Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Partnership

Child Safeguarding Practice Review QDS20

The child practice safeguarding review concerns the death of a 10 year old child who shall be known as Child QDS. Available reports:

Media Statement: Child Safeguarding Practice Review QDS20

Child Safeguarding Practice Review Concerning Child QDS20

Summary of Multi-agency Action Plan for Child QDS20

(Published August 2022)

Child Safeguarding Practice Review LDS19/OD20

The Derby and Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Partnership are publishing the local child safeguarding practice review anonymised as LDS19/OD20 that sets out the review of two cases alongside each other to ensure that sufficient focus was given to the lived experience of the two young children and the systemic improvements needed across the local safeguarding system. The Derby and Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Partnership updated the partnership priorities to include strengthening safeguarding arrangements to improve the safety and welfare of babies.

The Keeping Babies Safe section of the website includes the 'Three Steps for Baby Safety' strategy and a range of multi-agency resources for parents and professionals.

If you have an enquiry about the local child safeguarding practice review, please contact the relevant organisation directly. Available reports:

Child Safeguarding Practice Review Concerning Child LDS19 and Child OD20

Summary of Multi-Agency Action Plan for Child LDS19 and Child OD20

(Published January 2023)

Child Safeguarding Practice Review RDS20

The child practice safeguarding review concerns the death of a baby who shall be known as Child RD. Available reports:

Child Safeguarding Practice Review Concerning Child RDS20

Summary of Multi-Agency Action Plan for Child RDS20

(Published March 2023)

Child Safeguarding Practice Review MDS20/PDS20

The Derby and Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Partnership have published the Local Child safeguarding Practice Review report anonymised as MDS20/PDS20.

The review has considered the experience of two children from different families and different areas of Derbyshire. They will subsequently be referred to as young people YP1 and YP2 in recognition of their age, however they remain children as defined by the Children Act and the Derby and Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Procedures.

The purpose of the joint review is to identify the learning from the individual circumstances of these young people and the systemic learning arising from their experiences that appears to have led to similar outcomes. School attendance, mental health and neglect are significant features in both cases.

Multi-agency action has been taken to address all of the recommendations set out within this review and the Derby and Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Partnership will continue to ensure that assurance is obtained to demonstrate that the learning from this review has been embedded within agency practice and structure. Available reports:

Child Safeguarding Practice Review Concerning Child MDS20 and Child PDS20

Summary of Multi-Agency Action Plan for Child MDS20 and Child PDS20

(‌Published August 2023)

Safeguarding school age children and young people

The Derby and Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Partnership carried out case reviews to understand the lived experiences of nine school aged children and their siblings. The DDSCP Safeguarding Briefing for School Age Children sets out key learning areas from the experiences of these children and young people to help all professionals in their day to day practice.

(Published January 2022)

Working with complex features in families: Learning from Serious Case Reviews

The Derby Safeguarding Children Board carried out serious case reviews to understand the lived experiences of children living in different unconnected families in Derby and consider in detail multi-agency practice over a number of years. The characteristics of the families and their circumstances mean that the children are easily identifiable. A learning report summarises the findings and learning from the reviews whilst at the same time safeguarding the identity of the children in the families. The Derby and Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Partnership is publishing the learning report on behalf of the Derby Safeguarding Children Board. Available report: