National Guidance for Child Protection Committees for Conducting a Significant Case Review

Annex 7

Dissemination/publication: interested parties

CPCs are referred to the Freedom of Information and Data Protection section of this guidance.

Those with responsibility for local service delivery and review will include:

• The local Child Protection Committee;
• Chief officers: chief executive of local authority/chief executive of health board/Police Scotland representative;
• Director of social work/chief social work officer/senior managers in the police, education and health service;
• Staff involved in the review;
• Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service;
• Children's Reporter/Scottish Children's Reporter Administration (SCRA);
• Inspectorates - Care Inspectorate, HM Inspectorate of Constabulary, Health Improvement Scotland; and
• Voluntary organisations and independent providers, where they are involved in the case.

Those with wider interests in the SCR report could include:

• Child/young person/family/carers and/or significant adults of child involved;
• Local councillors/health board chairs/representatives of Police Scotland;
• Local authority, health board and police press officers;
• Scottish Government;
• Other child protection committees;
• Professional representative bodies;
• Legal representatives; and
• Unions.

Other key interests are likely to be:

• The general public;
• Elected members, for example, MSPs, MPs and Councillors