Editorial: Lessons to be learnt from the Victoria Climbié inquiry
Editorial: Lessons to be learnt from the Victoria Climbié inquiry
On 28 January, the long-awaited report of the inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the tragic life and death of 8-year old Victoria Climbié was made public (Laming, 2003). The report is clear in its condemnation of public sector workers, and their managers, who failed in their duty to ensure that this child was safeguarded from harm. It is of concern that such workers include hospital-based nurses who failed to document suspicious injuries (including bite marks, belt buckle marks and bruising) that they observed in the process of providing care to Victoria. Such a finding is just one example of a multitude of missed opportunities to rescue Victoria from what Alan Milburn, the secretary of State for Health, has rightly described as 'the worst cruelty...the stuff of nightmares'.
Victoria Climbié inquiry
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Powell, C
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2003
Powell, C
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Powell, C
(2003)
Editorial: Lessons to be learnt from the Victoria Climbié inquiry.
British Journal of Nursing, 12 (3), .
Abstract
On 28 January, the long-awaited report of the inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the tragic life and death of 8-year old Victoria Climbié was made public (Laming, 2003). The report is clear in its condemnation of public sector workers, and their managers, who failed in their duty to ensure that this child was safeguarded from harm. It is of concern that such workers include hospital-based nurses who failed to document suspicious injuries (including bite marks, belt buckle marks and bruising) that they observed in the process of providing care to Victoria. Such a finding is just one example of a multitude of missed opportunities to rescue Victoria from what Alan Milburn, the secretary of State for Health, has rightly described as 'the worst cruelty...the stuff of nightmares'.
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Published date: 2003
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Victoria Climbié inquiry
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ISSN: 0966-0461
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