Quote Originally Posted by English assassin
Slightly more controversially I suspect social services departments need a collective kick up the arse too.
That they do. As was said by Louis IV the Fat, this seems to happen far too often in many nations. There must be some kind of authority they can be given, or some kind of regulations to force them to check properly. More often than not they either do nothing or don't have the authority to force a decision, leaving problems till it's too late.

All I can say is I'm glad it was found out before it got worse.