LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Cleveland Council spokesman on child abuse cases

Genre

Interview

TX Date

6 Jul 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:02:37

Description

Interview with Brian Hanson, Cleveland Council, 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; claims the council has not been duped by social service officials and answers allegations of Stuart Bell local MP. Reporter not identified.

Contributors

Brian Hanson

Keywords

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

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