Cumbria’s police and crime commissioner has said “everything possible” has been done to prevent the police making mistakes like those seen in the Poppi Worthington case.

But Peter McCall told a meeting that he would be “stupid” to say it would “never” happen again.

At a meeting at Barrow Police Station today the crime commissioner tabled a report on the lessons learned since the Barrow toddler’s death in December 2012.

It was presented to the Cumbria Police and Crime Panel, chaired by Barrow councillor Bill McEwan.

Mr McCall told the panel: “This report gives me the assurance that everything possible has been done by the constabulary to prevent another case like that of Poppi Worthington.

“Can I guarantee that such a thing would never happen again? I would be stupid to do that. We are dealing with people and people can make mistakes, but I think it’s fair to say that everything humanly possible has been done.”

Mr McCall said as a result of the errors made in the investigation, Cumbria police had actioned 250 recommendations and had been thoroughly inspected in 2016 and 2017 against the progress made.

He said: “In the last six years, at each stage, it has been my job to monitor the progress and assure myself on behalf of the public that the police have been addressing these issues.”

Subsequent inspectors had shown that Cumbria police now demonstrated a “strong commitment to improving its services for the protection of vulnerable people,” he said.

Mr McCall said inspectors found clear evidence of strong leadership and oversight by the chief officer team and senior managers in public protection.

Mr McEwan and other panel members described the report as “very good”.

Previously, Mr Justice Francis, told a High Court hearing that in the crucial aftermath of Poppi being discovered, police appeared to have “closed their minds” to the possibility she had been killed.