Vic children’s hospital in abuse inquiry

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A CHILDREN’S hospital in Melbourne and a major general hospital in North Sydney will be subjects of a child sexual abuse inquiry in May.

THE Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has announced a public hearing starting on May 6 will examine the experiences of people who have made complaints to the NSW Care Complaints Commission (HCCC) and the NSW Medical Board against medical practitioners.

One of the complaints comes from an outpatient who alleges child sexual abuse by a psychologist at the Royal North Shore Hospital, Northern Sydney in the late 1960s. The same inquiry will investigate the response of The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne to an allegation of child sexual abuse made against a hospital volunteer. The systems, policies and procedures of the Northern Sydney Local Health District, the NSW Ministry of Health and The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne when it comes to dealing with sex abuse claims will be scrutinised.