The collaborative spirit in which Prof Munro’s report and the government’s response (pdf) to recommendations made in the final Munro Review (also pdf – sorry) have been developed is a model for future reviews of this nature which will doubtless greatly aid implementation.

And the wide range of those to whom Ministers have written (including schools, health bodies and the police – all currently subject to reform programmes) emphasises the extent to which effective child protection depends on the active and informed involvement of all those working with children, young people and their families; it is essential that, in turn, they all recognise this responsibility.