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Article: THE LEGACY OF MISS X:; INVESTIGATION: The shocking failure to help victims of abuse for up to 30 years will lead to the most radical shake-up of social work services since the 1960s
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- The Sunday Herald
- Article date:
- May 9, 2004
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It might sound cynical, but reading an official Scottish Executive
report is rarely a "life-changing experience". But that is how Peter
Peacock, the minister responsible for social work, described the
report into services for people with learning disabilities in the
Borders which he published last week.
He didn't mean it in a good way. Provoked by a case which has been
variously described as horrific, depraved and brutal, the twin
investigations by the Social Work Services Inspectorate (SWSI) and
the Mental Welfare Commission found an almost unimaginable level of
failure in social and health services.
Three men were convicted of raping and torturing a woman with
learning difficulties, ...