Letter: What about UK abuse victims?

8 March 2010 Dr Peter Mcparlin Letters

Clearly if our Prime Minister can apologise for those we shipped away to former colonies to be abused in care he can also apologise for those left on UK soil who were abused.

I am launching a campaign called Nobody Says Sorry to bring about an apology to those who suffered all kinds of failures of the care system.

While the need for an apology is needed to quieten their damaged reflections of the past, it is also needed to restructure families and relationships, where parenting skills have been affected by abuse.

Dr Peter McParlin, child psychologist, associate fellow British Psychological Society

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