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Interviews with people dealing with housing problems and welfare cuts. Dislike for those who let it all happen.
Kate Belgrave
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Paediatric doctor: Why Hackney council's housing department is a danger to a disabled boy
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Today, we hear from Homerton Hospital paediatric doctor Hannah Caller.
Hannah goes through the reasons why she made a safeguarding referral about the threat that Hackney council poses to an 8 year old disabled and autistic boy who Hackney council is trying to evict from his council home with his family.
And what was the first thing that the council's social services team did when they received the referral?
They closed it down.
Safeguarding referrals are important. Doctors and other professionals make them when they feel that a child is at serious risk.
In this case, the boy is at serious risk of harm from the housing department at his own council. The council's social services department has a legal duty to investigate these referrals. Can't imagine why.
I've been covering the boy's story in the last few episodes.
More soon.
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