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| 30 December 2000 |
| Inquiry into Care Home abuse claims |
 Hundreds of people with learning disabilities may have been at risk of sexual abuse at a care home in south London, the BBC has learned.
Councils failing abused children (a story linked to the above story from October 2000). Thousands of children are at risk of being abused because of a failure by councils to assess their cases, a government report shows. Figures published by the Department of Health reveal that just one in five councils in England managed to review the cases of all children on their "at risk" register.
A joint investigation by the NSPCC and the police is examining allegations of sexual abuse at the Betts Way home in Bromley over the last 12 years.......read
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