Learning from Reviews
CASE REVIEWS
Working Together to Safeguard Children sets out the criteria for a Child Safeguarding Practice Review. A CSPR should be carried out for every case where abuse or neglect is known or suspected and either a child dies; or a child is seriously harmed and there are concerns about how organisations or professionals worked together to safeguard the child. These reviews can be local or national reviews. Before CSPRs, we had Serious Case Reviews (SCRs).
Any review should enable local partner agencies to be clear about their responsibilities, to learn from experience and make improvements in single and multi-agency work. Reviews are not conducted to apportion blame but to learn together to prevent the same thing happening again. At the end of each review, a report is agreed by the BSCP and a summary is published. Learning events are then held with professionals. Bromley reviews from the last ten years are below.
It is also important for practitioners to learn from Reviews outside Bromley as they are a rich source of learning. The National Case Review Repository (hosted by NSPCC) provides a single place for published case reviews to make it easier to access and share learning at a local, regional and national level. There are over 1300 reviews which can be sorted by date, type of abuse and key words. It is free to access. Although our BSCP multi-agency training programme uses a number of national SCRs/CSPRs during our courses, it is also expected that practitioners will read reviews periodically as part of their own safeguarding professional development.
Learning Summary 2021-23 for professionals (published April 2023)
Bromley Reviews 2015-2026
2026 Child Safeguarding Practice Review 'Xavier'
> CSPR Xavier final report
2025 Child Safeguarding Practice Review 'Thomas'
> CSPR Thomas final report
2023 Thematic Study 'Patrick'
> Patrick Thematic Study Summary Report (2023)
> Patrick Thematic Study Video
2020 LR 'Natalie'
> FGM Learning Review Summary Report (2020)
2020 LR 'Leo'
> Leo Learning Review Summary Report (2020)
2019 SCR 'Hannah'
> Summary of learning from SCR Hannah suitable for public
2019 LR 'Matthew'
> Summary of Learning
2019 Lambeth/Bromley SCR Final Report Child K
> 2019 Child K Final Report
> Summary of Learning
2018 BSCB SCR Final Report Elizabeth
> 2018 BSCB SCR Final Report Elizabeth
2015 BSCB SCR Final Report Child E.pdf
> 2015 BSCB SCR Final Report Child E.pdf
To refer a case for consideration for review by the BSCP Case Review Subgroup, use the following form. Remember, your agency's Board Member must be informed prior to submission to BSCP. Remember to send the form to BSCP securely.