Wales on Line asks where the whistleblowers are in cases like Child P. Panorama moaned about how Child P was not protected. The truth of the matter is that both these media outlets have done more to damage child protection services than your average child abuser.
Who is the whistleblower in Child Protection? Well, David Southall has been the whistleblower for years. Has anyone listened? Of course, not. Not surprised that he has trotted over to Gambia and dumped England.
So here was his warning about child protection. When he invented Covert Surveillance to catch child abusers, the media listened to the the campaigners against child protection and undermined the methodology that resulted in maximum convictions.
So, lets be clear on this - had Covert Surveillance been implemented on Child P's mother, Child P may not be dead today. Thats a fact.
Child P is dead due to a number of reasons. There is system failure, there is also the impact of a anti child protection stance. The media have never understood the work of the leaders in child protection nor have they appreciated the nature of child abuse.
It is strange that the whistleblower who raised the actual concerns about the disaster about to hit children is now sidelined by the media. Are they embarrassed because they did not listen to him?
It is though a great shame that a whistleblower like David Southall supported by a limp, gutless campaign group who has made no decent statement in the wake of the Child P case. PACA is an group interested in their own welfare, who use child protection has a ruse in its armoury. A gaggle of men who hide behind each other and fear one woman. According to Dr Nigel Speight, it is apparently "Safety In Numbers". It is of course the misfortune of those who suffer from child abuse that the only medical campaign group that purports to support them, uses the plight of children to protect themselves against the wrath of the GMC. To put it another way, if this group was not "up shit creek" without a paddle by way of GMC Towers, it would never have been set up. It would never have been set up just to protect children.
Those who suffer in silence, those who are abused, those who have no voice are the most unfortunate in this country. This is because selfish human behaviour uses them as a protective shield against the GMC. The media does not take the time to understand their plight but listens to those who have the biggest mouths, who crow the most and who advertise their suffering as the " wrongly accused". No one listens to those who suffer in silence. That is a fact of the selfish and uncaring society we live in.
Who is the whistleblower in Child Protection? Well, David Southall has been the whistleblower for years. Has anyone listened? Of course, not. Not surprised that he has trotted over to Gambia and dumped England.
So here was his warning about child protection. When he invented Covert Surveillance to catch child abusers, the media listened to the the campaigners against child protection and undermined the methodology that resulted in maximum convictions.
So, lets be clear on this - had Covert Surveillance been implemented on Child P's mother, Child P may not be dead today. Thats a fact.
Child P is dead due to a number of reasons. There is system failure, there is also the impact of a anti child protection stance. The media have never understood the work of the leaders in child protection nor have they appreciated the nature of child abuse.
It is strange that the whistleblower who raised the actual concerns about the disaster about to hit children is now sidelined by the media. Are they embarrassed because they did not listen to him?
It is though a great shame that a whistleblower like David Southall supported by a limp, gutless campaign group who has made no decent statement in the wake of the Child P case. PACA is an group interested in their own welfare, who use child protection has a ruse in its armoury. A gaggle of men who hide behind each other and fear one woman. According to Dr Nigel Speight, it is apparently "Safety In Numbers". It is of course the misfortune of those who suffer from child abuse that the only medical campaign group that purports to support them, uses the plight of children to protect themselves against the wrath of the GMC. To put it another way, if this group was not "up shit creek" without a paddle by way of GMC Towers, it would never have been set up. It would never have been set up just to protect children.
Those who suffer in silence, those who are abused, those who have no voice are the most unfortunate in this country. This is because selfish human behaviour uses them as a protective shield against the GMC. The media does not take the time to understand their plight but listens to those who have the biggest mouths, who crow the most and who advertise their suffering as the " wrongly accused". No one listens to those who suffer in silence. That is a fact of the selfish and uncaring society we live in.
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I wish you were not so right on this - Child abuse happens because people who point out the failings in a system ie whistle blow are no more protected than the average child.
The media, who goose step along with every bureaucratic whim and dictat, will no more take their share of responsibility than the people who allowed Child P to die
All they can do is throw up their hands in horror, as though it was the final scene in a bad play, as though they expected the curtain to come down and everything to be fine.
The reality is people are that bad, if they think they can get away with it. Whistle blowers point out that badness, and are blamed for the mess he or she has pointed out. Reality is harsh and it is time to get real
Good post
DB
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/the-british-fritzl-and-his-27year-reign-of-terror-1035151.html
Nice to know you can always rely on your family doctor
General Medical Council
"Its up to the patient to come forward"
Presumably the doctor(s) concerned has(ve) enough friends in the GMC to avoid any kind of responsibility for failing to notice what was going on under their noses. Doctors must mind their own business, and stop trying to prevent parents from abusing their children. Then the GMC would be able to give them their unconditional support
DB
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