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Disabled girl ‘lost in the system’ by Birmingham City Council for four years
Birmingham City Council “singularly failed” a disabled child “lost in the system” for more than four years, the Local Government Ombudsman has ruled.
A report said the authority failed to contact the girl’s mother from November 2006 to March 2011 to assess support payments.
It added social workers had not identified the girl’s “complex needs” and left her mother to raise her alone.
The council has agreed to pay £5,000 following the ombudsman’s report.
Patients 'imprisoned' in care homes, report finds
The committee said it was “very concerned by what we heard about the safeguards”
The report highlighted the case of Steven Neary, who has autism and a severe learning difficulty.
Vulnerable adults are being kept virtual prisoners in care homes because of misuse of mental health laws, a House of Lords committee says.
The report expressed serious concerns that safeguards brought in to protect vulnerable patients are actually being used to “oppress” them.
It looked at how reforms passed in 2005 are working, but called for a new system to be drawn up from scratch.
The Ministry of Justice said it welcomed the report.
