Notes: London. This family typifies examples of other families whose case has been dropped by police, child(ren) not on the at risk register, wanting to clear their names and not being allowed to get a second opinion on their child's subdural and how it might have been caused

Age of mother	32
Racial origin	caucasian
Employment	incapacity benefit
Age of father	33
Racial origin	caucasian
Employment	bt engineer
Parents/carer accused of	shaking baby
Threat of arrest or arrested	arrested by appointment
Any charges brought	gbh
Charges dropped	yes
Child on police protection register	no
Child on at risk register	yes
Child taken into care	voluntary care (g.parents)
Time spent in care	6 weeks at g. parents?
Child still in care	no
Age of child at that time	8 months
Sex of child	male
Marital status of parents/carer	married
Age of child now	16 months
Initial diagnosis	subdural
Was diagnosis changed	no
Outcome	NAI
Type of injury	subdural
Retinal Haemorrhaging	yes
Other injuries	no
Skeletal survey	clear
Operation to drain blood/fluid	yes
Birth details	ventouse cap
Intensive or special care	no
Brain scan taken in special care	n/a
Baby's health before collapse	good
Baby's health on day of collapse	good
Vaccination at time of collapse	unsure
Seizure or stopped breathing	stopped breathing
No. of different medical opinions	1
Full or interim care order	no