FOSTER CARERS ABUSE AS WELL

[Alison J Stevens]

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In some cases a Child may be taken to Accident and Emergency of their Local Hospital after a slight fall because the cannot weight bear on the affected leg.

There may be no trauma present, but a spiral fracture of the tibia may be diagnosed by X-ray.

The Parents are asked by the Medical staff. How did the fracture occur?

The Parents state the child was playing on the couch and fell off, and there was about a foot in Hight to fall from the couch to the floor.

Because of a spiral fracture. and the scenario the injury would be caused by a twisting action of the limb, the fracture is deemed to be non accidental, a section 47 Child Protection investigation is instigated by the Social Worker.

An Emergency Protection order is granted to the Local Authority via a Magistrate, more or less straight away.

It was decided that the Kincare clause in this case could not be even considered, no real reason for this was given by the Social Worker and the Local Authority.

The Child is placed into Foster Care.

A section 47 investigation starts with the police. Social Services and all the other child protection agencies.

The Parents were arrested by the police, and questioned in the police station and charged with GBH.

Three weeks passed the Criminal Prosecution Services then decided they did not have enough evidence to make a conviction.

The Parents had no criminal proceedings to answer to..

But the Local Authority then decided to instigate Public Law Care Proceedings.

It was decided by the Judge and the Guardians reported stated that the then 28 month old child should be put up for adoption.

The Parents didn't challenge and try and get permission to appeal the Placement Order.

Their Children Panel Solicitor stated that they would not support any permission to appeal, and legal aid could not be granted for permission to appeal.

The Child was seen by an expert witness and the paediatric orthopaedic register stated that there was no signs of brittle bone disease based on him seeing the X-rays, and skeletal survey results, even though the child had the classic symptoms of Osteogenesis Imperfecta brittle bone disease.

The Child was very small in stature and had blue sclera to the whites of his eyes classic symptoms of OI.

Also in mild cases of OI, X-rays do appear to look normal, and a spiral fracture with no trauma can be a sign of OI brittle disease.

The Mother also was found to be suffering from vitamin D deficiency half way through pregnancy.

Because the Parents would not admit to something they had not done, did not go in their favour with the powers to be.

Psychological assessments done on the Parents for Court reports were not favourable for the parents because they would not admit to something they did not do..

Just after the adoption order had been rubber stamped a late report did come in by another expert witness brought in late by the Court DR CP, stated in his opinion the child was found to be suffering from a mild form of OI.

Yes even though a child may of been diagnosed with OI, by a different expert  witness, the Adoption order had been rubber stamped and it would not be fair to remove the child from the adoptive parents.

The child continued to fracture while with the adoptive parents, twice in two years there was also healed rib fractures found which would of happened while the child was in foster care.

But why were the foster parents not ever taken to task over the rib fractures?

Yes the diagnosis of brittle bone disease was accepted as the cause of the fractures after the child fell over twice, while in the care of the adopters.

The foster carers were never ever investigated after the healed fractures were found to be healed at the time the small boy was in foster care.

This is a situation that happened at least 20 years ago.

Child Abuse and the Legal System: The Orthopaedic Surgeon’s Role in Diagnosis

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3032855/

The following sentence highlights the child continued to suffer injuries while in the care of the foster cares, in this case a fracture of the humorous.

. 2-year-old child with a minimally displaced midshaft humerus fracture sustained a 50% surface area scalding water injury while in foster care that put her in the burn intensive care unit for 6 weeks. State custody does not guarantee safety.

Baby had 35 broken bones; foster parent faces battery, neglect charges

https://www.wishtv.com/news/baby-had-35-broken-bones-foster-parent-...

Click on thttps://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/delight-for-child-abuse-couple-as-judge-rules-they-can-take-son-home-for-the-first-time-7165439.htmlhe link below and read a child taken from birth parents and suffered injuries while in foster care,

Delight for 'child abuse' couple as judge rules they can take son home for the first time

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-414384/Delight-child-abuse...