Dispatches

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1. Hi, Great programme. I work in mental healthcare and the child protection system in the city I work in is appauling. Is it possible I could have Peter Osbourne's e-mail re the disgrace that is Children's Homes! Kind Regards Alison

   Posted by Alison Taylor on 17/09/2009 16:05:31

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2. In Domestic Abuse, the WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE ABUSED BY THE COURTS/OFFICIALS, LONG AFTER THE ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP ENDS. An abusive male partner will use whatever means necessary to try to exercise his POWER AND CONTROL over his estranged family, this inevitably leads to death or injury if the officals are not clued-up enough to the tactics used. Been there myself and now training to be a Domestic Abuse counsellor because i feel there is a NEED for people with a knowledge of Domestic Abuse.

   Posted by Cheryl on 18/07/2009 17:57:26

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3. i am going through a situation with my ex partner abusing his child the police have arrested him but nothing has come of it as we dont have enough proof she now has to go back to him because of a court order wich the judge keeps givin visitation again the social services were meant be in touch & ive had 1 letter in the last 2 months no reply to any phone calls i have left them , what does it take to get listened to , does my child have to b another statistic to b spoken of .

   Posted by anon on 14/07/2009 09:00:15

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4. This was a distressing but very enlightening programme which has left me feeling very relieved that the father of my child is no longer in the country. I left my ex partner when my child was just 1 years old. The emotional abuse towards me had escalated to such an extent that I couldn't cope with it any more. He had also start to use my child in an obsessive way to emotionally abuse me. He took me to court to gain access which I was dead against but the courts would not listen to my concerns. They saw it as his right to see his child irrespective of the consequences. My concerns fell on deaf ears from the police, social workers, health visitors and lawyers because I had not reported what was happening to the police whilst I was still living with him. Also I had no physical injuries so because there was nothing to see no-one took it seriously. The court case went on for a year and I believe that my child was subjected to what I call 'legalised abuse' by the courts who sanctioned unsupervised access with his father. Eventually his father realised that I was never going to give up in my pursuit to keep my child safe and left the country. We were the lucky ones. The poor children in your programme were not so fortunate. The tide is definately against mothers in the courts which I strongly suspect is because it is a male dominant environment. If mothers had been listened to how many of these children would still have been alive?

   Posted by J Adamson on 13/07/2009 22:31:01

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5. I thought tonight's episode of Dispatched 'The Children Britain Betrayed' an investigation by Peter Osborne was a terrible indictment on today's over stretched and under-resourced social services, healthcare professionals and police. The cases shown were terribly moving and shocking as in most cases the children's own parents were responsible for their terrible deaths. I think the programme makers did a very good job in exposing the terrible number of deaths in this country and I am most shocked that society just doesn't really seem to care as the same risks are being repeated over and over again. I do hope some changes can come from this.

   Posted by fluff on 13/07/2009 21:03:48

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