Sharon Shoesmith loses her appeal

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Good.

I hope she never has a position of responsibility ever again.

God, whether it was right or wrong to dismiss her seems irrelevent, the morality of bringing this appeal shocks me.

Good.

agree with goingslowly

shows how much of a grasp of reality and public opinion she has (not) got

Good.

The utter blindness of this Woman is astounding

No doubt Shoesmith thought she could carry on being promoted up to national policy-making jobs because that's what happened with the Victoria Climbie case - all the top bosses were pushed UP the career ladder.

Am glad Shoesmith has been made to take some responsibility.

No doubt Shoesmith thought she could carry on being promoted up to national policy-making jobs because that's what happened with the Victoria Climbie case - all the top bosses were pushed UP the career ladder.

Am glad Shoesmith has been made to take some responsibility.

sorry, dh's cruddy laptop!

She is breathtaking isn't she?

I really couln't believe that she had the front to appeal. Astounding.
There seems to be very little personal morality/accountabilty in her

It's a strong message to the public, but not enough to prove to me for one that they are doing all they can to equip social services with the power to wipe out atrocities like the baby p murder happening again. I hope this is not a case of a token 'head rolling' (although I do think she displayed astonishing arrogance and ignorance).

Yes, the bare-faced cheek of the woman.

what a hard neck, appealing like that. hope she never works in a position like that again. she should be ashamed of herself. pathetic.

Exactly edam. It's what happens in a lot of blue chip companies too.

It's too embarrassing to have a senior manager to be found to have misbehaved (because then someone would need to take responsibility for giving them the responsible position in the first place). So they do get promoted out of the problem/position, or moved sideways in the organisation.

So that they go quietly - they are given huge pay-offs after signing various gagging clauses.

funny how high wages are justfied by the need to recruit really, really, special people who are incredibly talented. Then, when they reveal themselves to be rather less talented and a bit of a duffer, they deserve even MORE money to to away!

Never seems to work like that for real, ordinary jobs, somehow.

Was this an appeal to her employers or an ET case?

I'd have thought that an ET wouldnt have happened so soon.

No. Good point.

I don't know the details but good to hear her appeal has failed. Dreadful, grasping woman with no sense of shame.

Like many others I'm glad that she has lost the appeal. Atleast someone has been made to take responsibility for their own actions, I really do hope that she never gets into a position where she is in charge of carefor anyone or anything. She is a heartless cow from what we have seen refusing to apologise for what she let happen toBaby P and many others wh haven't been given the media coverage.

I think that the very fact she appealled says all there needs to say about Shoesmith as a person.

Hope she has trouble getting a job sweeping the streets.

She can still take her case to an employment tribunal, now that she has exhausted internal grievance procedures. She probably would.

I'm glad she lost as although it wasn't her personal actions that resulted in Baby P's death, as the head of the organisation accountability stops with her, so she had to go.

However, what's happend to Clive (can't remember his surname sorry), the manager who actually rejected the SW's request to remove Baby P? I'm more interested in seeing his accountability. I've tried googling to see what happened to him in the aftermath but have turned nothing up.

Good