Parliament debates Cleveland child abuse cases

Title

Parliament debates Cleveland child abuse cases

Genre

News report; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

29 Jun 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:03:00

Description

Report on a parliamentary debate relating to the Cleveland child abuse scandal, where 121 cases of suspected child sexual abuse were (possibly mis-) diagnosed by Dr Marietta Higgs and Dr Geoffrey Wyatt, paediatricians at the Middlesbrough General Hospital; includes speeches by local MP Stuart Bell; Richard Holt; Clare Short; Tony Newton. Reporter not identified.

Contributors

Clare Short; Tony Newton; Stuart Bell; Richard Holt

Keywords

Health services; Social services; Child abuse; Children in care; Sexual abuse; Teeside; Middlesbrough; Cleveland; Marietta Higgs; Geoffrey Wyatt; Middlesbrough General Hospital; Cleveland child abuse scandal (1987)

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