Submitted on Monday 18th February 2019
Published on Tuesday 19th March 2019
Current status: Closed
Closed: Thursday 19th September 2019
Signatures: 60
Enact Mandatory Reporting Legislation.
Mandatory Reporting is vital to protect children trapped in the silence of the abusive experience. Without it children will continue to be abused and doctors may feel unable to initiate concern. It will protect healthcare professionals by making it an offence NOT to report reasonable suspicion.
In 2015 the Children’s Commissioner estimated that 1.3 million children will be sexually abused by their 18th birthday; only 1 in 8 receiving a Statutory response that is “largely disclosure led”, when a child speaks out rather than a doctor initiating concern.
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