The review found that a large number of directors of children's services in England do not have experience of front-line social work.
It advises that where this is the case, they must appoint a senior manager with child protection experience.
Children's secretary Ed Balls said he would act ‘swiftly and decisively' to implement the report's 58 recommendations. A detailed action plan will be drawn up by the end of April.
Mr Balls said, ‘Lord Laming makes a series of detailed recommendations to ensure best practice is universally applied in every area of the country, to improve local accountability, and to provide more support for local leaders and for the front-line workforce.
'None of Lord Laming's proposals alone could have prevented the death of Baby P. But all of them together add up to a step change in front-line child protection. No barrier, no bureaucracy, no buck-passing should ever get in the way of keeping children safe.'
The report called for the children's secretary to ‘immediately address the inadequacy of the training and supply of front-line social workers'.
It also found ‘significant problems in the day-to-day reality of working across organisational boundaries and cultures, sharing information to protect children and a lack of feedback when professionals raise concerns about a child.'
It said that too often, joint working between schools, early years, police and health services ‘depends on the commitment of individual staff'.
In a statement to the House of Commons, Mr Balls confirmed the creation of a new cross-government National Safeguarding Delivery Unit to improve front-line practice in all services.
He also named Sir Roger Singleton, former head of Barnardo's and a leading expert on child protection, to be the Government's first chief adviser on the safety of children.
He said, ‘Sir Roger will advise us on how to update and strengthen our statutory guidance for front-line staff - to make it absolutely clear to every agency and every practitioner what they need to do to keep children safe.'
The Protection of Children in England: A Progress Report can be found at www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/socialcare/safeguarding/