like i ve been punished for something that i didn t even do. as the government prepares to publish a report into the deaths of two toddlers, we ask, are social workers properly supported to decide who s at risk and who isn t? it s absolutely critical that social workers do their work. it s delicate, it s complex but it s absolutely essential. because, if we don t do it, the stakes for children are incredibly high. my name s louise tickle. i ve spent years investigating how and why some children are removed from their parents care. the family i m about to meet suffered the tragic loss of a very young baby a year ago. children s services became immediately involved and removed two other children from the household, which has taken an enormous toll on the whole family. we ve got that one. oh, gosh, that s in the hospital. yeah. literally, you had just given birth there. yeah, just after the c section. tiffany lives in herefordshire. in march last year, mid lockdown, she took he
..and children who feel they ve been let down. this whole process has felt like i ve been punished for something that i didn t even do. as the government prepares to publish a report into the deaths of two toddlers, we ask, are social workers properly supported to decide who s at risk and who isn t? it s absolutely critical that social workers do their work. it s delicate, it s complex but it s absolutely essential. because, if we don t do it, the stakes for children are incredibly high. my name s louise tickle. i ve spent years investigating how and why some children are removed from their parents care. the family i m about to meet suffered the tragic loss of a very young baby a year ago. children s services became immediately involved and removed two other children from the household, which has taken an enormous toll on the whole family. we ve got that one. oh, gosh, that s in the hospital. yeah. literally, you had just given birth there. yeah, just after the c section. ti
liz also told the social workers she was worried about her drinking. so, i d been open and honest from the very beginning - about the fact that i knew i was drinking too much. i erm, it didn t seem to be an issue at that point. i liz and tiffany, now suspected of harming noah, thought the situation would be sorted as soon as the postmortem showed exactly why he died. but that took almost three months. it says he was adequately nourished, well kept male infant with no evidence to suggest physical neglect. no significant injuries orfeatures to suggest abuse or assault. i mean, basically, what did you understand this to mean when you got it? that he was perfect in every way apart from the infection that he had. the postmortem showed that noah died from strep b, a common infection that can be deadly in newborns. tiffany and her mum
..quite stiff and lay there. i think i knew that he d gone at that point. yeah, i just knew. then, when i touched his hand, it was cold. so, yeah. who s that? are you the white one? tiffany, her three year old son harvey and her 13 year old brother max were all living with her mum, liz. a seahorse! because noah had died unexpectedly, two days later a social worker came to the house. she then returned with police to remove harvey and max. i was shouting, you re not taking the kids. i and they were saying - i was making it much worse. what state were you in? very upset. i d just. i d just seen my grandson go out of the front door, - and i had no idea.
children from the household, which has taken an enormous toll on the whole family. we ve got that one. oh, gosh, that s in the hospital. yeah. literally, you had just given birth there. yeah, just after the c section. tiffany lives in herefordshire. in march last year, mid lockdown, she took her five week old baby, noah, to hospital. he was vomiting and quite unwell. we were monitored overnight, he was taking his feed, but they did give him some calpol paracetamol. mother and baby were discharged from hospital the next morning. but five days later, noah died in the night. must have been about half past seven in the morning, rolled over and found him.