And mental health specialists. Ms. Wood was told that sharing information to advance safeguarding is a requirement of the recently passed Children’s Wellbeing and Schools law.
According to the coroner, “had a multi-agency meeting been called, Ella’s death might have been avoided, and such action might lower the risk of death for other children being in a similar position.”
The Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board, NHS England, and the Department of Health and Social Care received the coroner’s findings.
A representative for NHS England stated: “The NHS England South East regional safeguarding team will have oversight of Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board’s actions.
To implement the learning to improve safeguarding at the Local Safeguarding Children Partnership and within all commissioned services through established governance arrangements.”
