NORTHERN IRELAND
BBC News NI
By Marie-Louise Connolly
BBC News NI Health Correspondent
An independent review has criticised the board set up to oversee the safeguarding of children in Northern Ireland for failing to deliver its main statutory responsibility.
The Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland (SBNI) was tasked with improving protection for children.
But the authors of a report on its work raised concerns that it spent too much time on the “wrong issues”.
They added that “tensions” existed among senior board members.
Alarmingly, among the 11 recommendations from the review panel is a warning that all agencies must ensure the board is notified of cases where a child has died or been significantly harmed.
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