Government inquiry welcomed into Cleveland child abuse cases

Title

Government inquiry welcomed into Cleveland child abuse cases

Genre

Interview

TX Date

9 Jul 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:02:53

Description

Interview with Stuart Bell local MP, on 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; welcomes the Government’s inquiry into the affair. Reporter not identified.

Contributors

Stuart Bell

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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