Abstract
Although the case of Baby P, killed at the age of 17 months by his mother, her boyfriend and a lodger has provoked a national controversy, for me it is very close to home. I live near to where Baby P lived in the London borough of Haringey, whose officers have been held to blame, and I have long been involved in child protection work as a GP in the neighbouring borough of Hackney. My immediate feelings of horror and outrage at the savage abuse suffered by Baby P and sympathies for his wider family, were soon followed by concerns for the doctors and other professionals involved, and the familiar sentiment of ‘there but for the grace of God …’. These concerns were particularly reinforced by vivid memories of a …
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