Who closes the door, thats the important thing....

Life trundles on in West Wales.

The weather has suddenly gone all lovely ...

Well except here where the wind keeps the temperature down to about 13 -4. Down by the sea in the shelter yesterday we saw 20 on the Xantia external thermometer.

P's SW has been back on and is now concerned. Having done a few things like read the file, she is of course another ship in the night, sounds keen though, young and very new. But as we picked up, the concern is not moving P from one place to another, any negatives this might have in him and his education and social relationships no, the worry is the plan, there was no plan for this.

S'funny going back to mum was always the plan as we got it, but no it's subtler than that it seems the route of the problem is that this is mum's plan and not a SW plan.

I might have wondered if best practice suggested that P's best needs were the worry but no it seems that if they were to be closing the door that's OK but mum making her own arrangements is going to be an issue.

Again it is Social Work systems that seem to count not quality Social Work nor it seems, what is best for children.

It is OK to close the door but it's who closes it and whether they planned to close it that counts.

I might of course be completely wrong here but this is how it feels from where I am watching.

Of course other matters intrude also. Tallie has been playing rugby and his particular style of tackling saw us on our way back to casualty last night.

Mayhem on the NHS, something fairly drastic must have been going down as the Cas department was in chaos: ambulances running in lots, of bussle and a crowded waiting area.

Broken nose this time we think. But back into hospital this morning for more tests.

R