Pass the buck?

Just been reading a number of blogs from the UK about baby P. Some old story if you ask me. A child is dead that was under the care of the local Social Services. This has happened not too long ago in New South Wales. The State Government spent millions of dollars looking into it. The problem? Overwork staff at DOCS, not enough short term foster places and little or no interact with other services like the police force. In the end nothing changes and give it a few years we hear the some story in the paper or on the TV only the names will change.