13 DECEMBER 2008, Page 26

We need those Sarahs

Sir: The remarkable and admirable Sarah (‘After Baby P: the crisis in child care’, 6 December) not only analysed and acted in the best interest of her own integrity and situation, she also diagnosed its wider significance. Namely, that management systems are now designed for audit and not delivery. This is an endemic problem, a collusion between auditors and the audited and has spawned a bureaucratic industry of immense proportions. It will, sadly, take a lot more Sarahs to bring it down.

John Elford

Liverpool