Survey asked 400 survivors to rate support services and fewer than half said they did not feel listened to,believed or respectedOne of the biggest surveys of child sexual abuse survivors in the UK has revealed a shocking failure in the NHS and local authorities, with fewer than half of those who used hospitals or social services feeling they were listened to, and believed or respected.
The independent survey of nearly 400 child sexual abuse survivors found social services and A&E lacked really basic,fundamental criteria to support vulnerable children and had not improved in 40 years.
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Source: theguardian.com