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Sunday, November 16, 2008

Where's the care in social work coverage?

Where's the care in social work coverage?

Earlier this year, the Daily Mail ran a feature headed: "Social workers took our children away ... because of an incorrect hospital diagnosis". The story concerned a young professional couple from Stockport, near Manchester, who took their six-month-old son to hospital after a fall. A paediatrician found a skull fracture. Social services moved quickly, taking the boy and his sister into care. Only four months later did a court clear the parents of abuse.

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