. In June 2010, the Secretary of State for Education, the Right Honourable
Michael Gove MP, asked Professor Eileen Munro to conduct an
independent review of child protection in England. A central question when
the review was commissioned was ‘what helps professionals make the
best judgements they can to protect a vulnerable child?’
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In the final report
of her review, A child centred system, Professor Munro concluded that the
system has become too focused on compliance and procedures and has
lost its focus on the needs and experience of individual children. The
Government agreed with Professor Munro’s analysis and published a
formal Government response in July 2011.2