Cleveland child abuse cases inquiry

Title

Cleveland child abuse cases inquiry

Genre

Interview

TX Date

29 Jun 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:01:52

Description

Interview with Professor Israel Kolvin, chairman of the supposedly impartial panel set up by the Northern Regional Health Authority, on the Cleveland child abuse scandal, where 121 cases of suspected child sexual abuse were diagnosed by Dr Marietta Higgs and Dr Geoffrey Wyatt, paediatricians at the Middlesbrough General Hospital. Reporter not identified.

Contributors

Israel Kolvin

Keywords

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

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