Working in hospitals for many years has taught me that some reports may not seems as they appear.

The headline states in shock horror terms "Many babies abused again", this is very misleading as anyone in the social services field know that yes this does happen but is it the devastating headline that appears above.

It would appear on the surface that there is an immediate crisis and to be fair any chid abuse issue is a "crisis" and should be dealt with swiftly and fairly on all sides.

But on closer examination of the article it would appear that the study centres around 69 babies, it seems a lot in this context BUT in a population value of 70 Million, it is a miniscule fraction of the UK as a whole.

Knowing from experience too that Child Protection Confeerances and registers are not truthful and many times act as "kangeroo courts" in family lives the RPSSUK would state that any information from Protection sources must be considered SUSPECT!!!

Too many social workers, managers and departments are seen to be liars and frauds, this isn't hype this is what is being reported every day across the nation

Any report that relies on such information is flawed from the start

However....

69 Babies being terribly treated is 69 too many. There has to be retribution where retribution due, I can also sympathise somewhat in trying to mete out justice in a very difficult situation.

Demographically though, how does this translate, what trends or flows are there? Is this more than last year, five years ago even or less, are there links to reoffending, mental illness, marital discord and breakdown, many factors that can help identify the reasons and aid prevention for the future

This is not there in the article and hence it is very misleading.

Wales is the least populated country of the union of the mainland United Kingdom's, it also has a higher proportioned unemployment and poverty factor, these I would have thought salient points to place here as demographically they would have an impact on the study as a whole rather than Wales as a case study.

I will research and try to translate this into a national trend, I think reports like this whilst are seen to be doing the right thing, however are taken in extremis by agencies like Social Services and used to tighten already pathetic rights that the family enjoys with their children.

No doubt that in many of the cases in front of the courts each year, when a parent is having a hard time proving their innocence and the SSD are wading in, no doubt reports like this that "state without a doubt" that a parent will abuse their baby again, this leads to labelling, miscarriages of justice and prejudice.

Or will this be another addition to the already hefty arsenal in the adoption arena, rumours are rife that adoption quota's are being fixed higher than normal to fulfill demand and there are small amounts of evidence emerging that some SSD's may have fast-tracked adoption cases to fulfill the quota's so imposed.

Social Services know only too well that once a freeing order has been made it is nigh on impossible to reclaim your child.

And in a conference or courtroom where a parents evidence is overridden by a social workers opinion, well what chance does anyone have of proving their innocence, its a foregone conclusion.

The RPSSUK believes that this report will be used in bludgeoning fashion, if a baby has a suspicious injury then it will aid the social worker to suspect out of hand abuse, it will be used in context to the managers to pull them on team to take draconian measures, it will be used in compelling form to show to anyone that this baby is in a dangerous position yet what if were a plausible reason for the injury, we wonder, will that be accepted or will abuse be seen even though it may not be there.

RPSSUK