A key recommendation of the Waterhouse Inquiry into past allegations of child abuse in North Wales care homes was the establishment of the UK's first children's commissioner, for Wales. A decade on, we continue to hear of tragic tales of past allegations of child abuse in care homes through Operation Pallial - an independent investigation to examine specific allegations of past child abuse in north Wales, led by Keith Bristow, director general of the National Crime Agency (NCA).
Two years since the inception of this investigation, I was asked as a member of the strategic co-ordinating group to co-ordinate and publish a report looking at how agencies, including the police, local authorities, the NCA and Victim Support, have worked to support complainants involved with Operation Pallial.
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