Social services in Wales: the cover up continues

 

Linda Lewis`s 12 year old daughter had her appendix removed and not only was this a case of misdiagnosis, and a botched operation, but it put the girl in danger of her life.

The girl was still in terrible pain when the mother sought a second opinion in a Florida hospital where her medical problem was diagnosed as Zollinger`s syndrome, an excruciatingly painful condition of the gut.

Before any thought about treatment could commence, two social workers from Neath Port Talbot in Wales, assisted by armed US police, removed the child from her hospital bed and conducted her back to the UK on a false passport where she was transported to a mental hospital and told that her pain was `imaginary`.

She was later treated for Zollinger`s syndrome.

In eighteen years the mother has never been able to regain contact with her daughter and has unearthed and followed a trail of false accusations against herself by Neath Port Talbot social services.

"One of the fears about the Linda Lewis Case blowing is that the law will have to change in Parliament and the House of Lords regarding what social workers can do, and how they do it." So says Kevin Edwards who has been supporting Linda Lewis to find justice.

A brief mention is made in the programme about the Named Person pilot in Scotland which would install state agents to oversee the care of all children.

The implication is that the Linda Lewis case, and others like it, must not be allowed to blow otherwise the Named Person plan will be seen for the state abuse that it is.