Mould seen as 'standard repair' by RBH worker a month before Awaab died despite pregnant mum's distress, damning report reveals
A Rochdale Boroughwide Housing worker saw Awaab Ishak's pregnant mum 'visibly distressed' a month before her son's death - but failed to escalate the issue. The worker instead believed the mould at her home was 'a standard repair', weeks before tragedy unfolded, a new report has revealed.
The report states: "One staff member reported Awaab’s visibly pregnant mother as being visibly upset and distressed when he attended and yet, he did not refer the situation to the ‘Eyes Wide Open’ programme - a programme for 'identified safeguarding such as disability, frailty or illness, domestic abuse and concern for welfare or any other identified need' - because he considered the mould was 'a standard repair'.
The report added: "That internal email prompted a check as to whether the solicitors had replied to the July 2020 report that was sent to them, but when it was established that no reply had been received, nothing further was done and the solicitors were not chased.
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