Missed opportunities to help family of 'loved and happy' five-month-old boy who died in bouncer, review finds
Baby Acer was born at a time of national lockdown and was not able to receive the same degree of monitoringA safeguarding review has found there were missed opportunities to help the family of a "loved and happy" five-month-old boy who died in his bouncer.
The review said an unwise decision was made to close the case in March 2020, and there could have been a pre-birth risk assessment in April 2020.Social services had been involved with the family since 2006, but after Acer died, his four siblings were removed from the mother's care. But her report said Acer was a twin baby born prematurely during lockdown and not able to receive the same monitoring.It said Acer returned to a cramped, overcrowded home where both parents smoked.
Ms Murray said it was an unwise decision to close the case, adding: "There would have been the opportunity to continue to monitor the children and risk-assess mother's behaviour."Her report said the mother felt Acer's death was due to the bouncer. It noted some models had been withdrawn, but said the make and model could not be confirmed.
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