Dr Higgs fights for professional future following Cleveland child sex abuse scandal

Title

Dr Higgs fights for professional future following Cleveland child sex abuse scandal

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

1 Mar 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:01:57

Description

Caroline Beck reports on Dr Marietta Higgs, consultant at the centre of the Cleveland child sex abuse scandal seeking a high court injunction against the Northern Regional Health Authority to stop them taking disciplinary action against her. Includes an interview with Higgs defending herself and with an angry parent of one of the children involved. Originally from TFM.

Contributors

TFM; Caroline Beck; Marietta Higgs

Keywords

Health services; Children (age group); Child abuse; Courts; Dismissal from employment; Doctors; Sexual abuse; Injunctions; Medical consultants; Cleveland; Geoffrey Wyatt; Cleveland child abuse scandal (1987); Diagnosis

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