Petition · past parliament · Department of Health and Social Care

Review Social Services and set up an independent body to review complaints

Closed 125 signatures

What the petition asks

•Introduce an independent body to review decisions made by social services to ensure unbiased judgements.

•Require the recording of social services interviews/visits
I have seen and read so many complaints about how social workers have allegedly manipulated situations to give them a case through mis-quoting parents and professionals as well as hypothesising without evidence. Social workers are given the power to use their opinions to remove a child from a parents care. There is no independent complaints procedure for the decisions that are made outside of the local authority or the courts.

Timeline

6 Jun 2022 Petition opened for signatures
20 Dec 2022 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 125
Status Closed
Department Department of Health and Social Care
Opened 6 Jun 2022
Closed 20 Dec 2022

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.