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Thursday, December 22, 2005

Child cruelty

The horrible case in  Sheffield shows once again the difficulty we have in recognising extreme abuse of children.

I haven't seen all the details yet and I'm sure that liaison between services was seriously lacking. Having said that it is important that any of us who see signs of extreme abuse or neglect do pursue it. We tend to be reluctant to "interfere"and it certainly can be embarrassing if you get it wrong. But it is better to get it wrong and upset a few people then let this type of abuse continue unchecked.