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Date: 7th March 1991
Service: CEEFAX
Region: N/A
Original Broadcast Channel: BBC1
Current Page: 167
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P167 CEEFAX 167 Thu 7 Mar 21:55/32 NEW CHILD ABUSE GUIDELINES Health minister Virginia Bottomley has said new guidelines will be issued soon to social workers on child abuse cases.She said she was not satisfied that thecurrent guidance on the welfare of the child and the parents' role had been followed in the Rochdale case (see 113)Mrs Bottomley said she recognised that social workers had a difficult task in such cases. If they did not act then a child could be abused, she said, but if they over- reacted then terrible cases of childrenbeing taken from their parents resulted140 News Plus Social workers slated Next News Politics WorldNews Newswatch