Like many others I have watched this week the documentary, Fife’s Child Killings: The Untold Story, by the BBC focussing on the tragic deaths of 3 children in Fife and child protection in Fife.

The documentary is of course difficult viewing for all in light of these awful events and it does raise a number of questions about social services in Fife. As a member of the Education and Children’s Services committee it is so important that we learn the lessons from these deaths and seek to try and prevent this from happening again.

There will be a report on approaches to learning within child protection at the next Education and Children’s Services Committee of the Council. I will look to push for answers and also on how we can learn the lessons from these and other cases.