Abuse in Care

Abuse in Care headlines with summaries.

• 'Need to break' cultural taboos for survivors of abuse in state care

  Pacific

  14 Mar 2024

  

  A new service for survivors of abuse in state care is aiming to break cultures of shame by providing people an outlet to share their stories. Audio

  'Need to break' cultural taboos for survivors of abuse in NZ state care

• Lake Alice survivors receive apology from psychiatrists' college

  New Zealand health

  20 Feb 2024

  

  But some survivors described the formal apology as "meaningless" and without emotion.

  Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital makes apology to survivors of abuse

• Why a key figure at Lake Alice was not charged

  New Zealand

  1 Sep 2023

  

  Police had been preparing charges against the former lead psychiatrist at Lake Alice psychiatric hospital, before it was deemed he was too ill to face trial, documents reveal.

  Why a key figure at Lake Alice was not charged