Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board's official response to the Cwm Taf Morgannwg Safeguarding Board's Child Practice Review published on November 24, 2022
The death of any child is deeply tragic, and for Logan to have lost his life at the hands of those closest to him is something that will forever affect his family, friends and his community.
Firstly, we apologise to Logan’s father. We apologise to his family, and all of those who knew him, and love him. We apologise for the failures in our systems that could have presented earlier opportunities to recognise abuse and to protect Logan.
We fully accept the recommendations and actions in the review. A number of actions are already in progress to improve safeguarding practice within our Health Board, and with our partners.
These include:
- Improvements in safeguarding training compliance and monitoring for all health professionals working with children, young people and their families;
- increasing the provision of safeguarding supervision, improving documentation standards and ensuring the reporting of child protection concerns; and
- strengthening a culture of professional curiosity, where colleagues are encouraged, empowered and required to report, challenge and escalate any concerns.
We welcome the commissioning of a multi-agency Independent Review by the Cwm Taf Morgannwg Safeguarding Board into the practice and management of identifying and investigating non-accidental injuries in children and adolescents. This will provide agencies with a focus on improving safeguarding services collaboratively to help prevent any other child experiencing harm and abuse.
Colleagues across our Health Board have also been deeply affected by Logan’s death. We will never forget what happened to Logan and we will honour his memory through our commitment to improve our services, systems and processes, and to ensure the safety of our most vulnerable children.
24/11/2022