Scots Child Abuse Inquiry calls for witnesses ahead of hospital residential care phase
dailyrecord.co.ukThe child abuse inquiry has called on people with experience of under-18s residential care in Scottish hospitals to “get in touch” ahead of the next phase of the investigation.The ninth phase of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry, chaired by Lady Smith, will focus on residential care in establishments for children and young people with long-term healthcare needs, additional support needs, and disabilities – or any combination thereof – up to the end of 2014.It will look into “all forms of abuse” as well as “inappropriate practices” at the establishments, with a view to understanding what happened to children while they were there, how any abuse happened, and how it could be prevented from happening in future.Lady Smith said the inquiry is interested in hearing from people who had been in the institutions, or their families, or members of staff – or anybody else with information about the experiences of children and young people at the facilities.She said: “I understand that coming forward to give evidence to the inquiry can be really difficult and daunting.
I know that it is not at all easy to decide to make the decision to do so.“It is for that reason that we have a specialist witness support team who assist all witnesses according to their particular needs, discussing with them what particular support they may require.“We have already taken some evidence, but we would like more people to come forward.
Please do get in touch with us if you feel at all able to help.”Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today.You'll receive daily updates on breaking news as well as the top headlines across Scotland.No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except
Read more on dailyrecord.co.uk