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The expert reviewing how Hertfordshire County Council supports children with special educational needs and disabilities has suggested officials “lost the bigger picture” by “problem-solving along the way”. Dame Christine Lenehan told councillors she was confident that ongoing work to improve SEND provision was “on the right track”. She has been working alongside county council and NHS officials since last year, in the wake of an inspection that found “systemic failures”. That scrutiny – by OFSTED and the Care Quality Commission – highlighted issues that included delays in the education, health…

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