Wirral Safeguarding News
2025-2026 CDOP Annual Report
The annual report for CDOP has now been published. To read the report and for links to other resources, please see the links below: 2025-26 CDOP Annual Report Child Death Overview Panel
Read moreLADO 2025-2026 Annual Report
The LADO Annual report has now been published. To read the report and for links to other resources, please see the links below: Wirral Local Authority Designated Officer Report 2026 LADO Allegations
Read morePersistent themes in child safeguarding practice reviews (CSPRs)
The Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel have published persistent themes in safeguarding practice, which bring together national learning from child safeguarding reviews where children have died or suffered serious harm from abuse or neglect. The themes are not new but their continued appearance in safeguarding reviews makes them impossible to...
Read more‘Seeing Beyond the Surface’ : A pan-Merseyside review of childhood and adolescent neglect
The WSCP Independent Scrutineer Dr Andy Gill joined colleagues to deliver a presentation for multi-agency partners ,“Seeing Beyond the Surface”, which explores learning from a Pan-Merseyside review of childhood and adolescent neglect, including analysis of neglect data, local strategies and a multi-agency audit. Key findings highlighted the importance of effective...
Read moreTechnology Assisted Child Sexual Abuse – webinars for professionals
The Marie Collins Foundation's ACCESS webinar programme helps people understand technology-assisted child sexual abuse (TACSA). It is told through the voices of victims and survivors. There are nine free webinars, organised into three series. The first series, The New Reality of Online Harm, is for professionals and is available to...
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