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BBC Inside Out Request: Epilepsy Drugs
Hi,
BBC Inside Out would like to speak to ex-inmates from Yorkshire and Lincolnshire who were diagnosed with epilepsy in the 70’s-90’s and were given drugs such as Haloperidol and Beclamide.
We are also interested in speaking to those inmates who were not diagnosed with epilepsy but were still given these drugs.
Please email Gaggan.Sabherwal@bbc.co.uk with your stories and experiences along with your name and contact phone number.
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BBC Request: Medical Drug Trials
Hi there,
My name is Gaggan and I work for BBC’s Inside Out programme based in Leeds. It has been brought to our attention that a number of medical drug trials were carried out on children and inmates at various detention centres and approved schools which apparently were not approved by the children/inmates or their guardians. The authorities apparently used the children/ inmates as guinea pigs and carried out a number of medical trials and experiments. I would like to speak to people who have had similar experiences and were a part of such medical trials during the 60’s,70’s,80’s and 90’s.
I am keen on speaking to people who have had similar experiences especially from the Yorkshire and Lincolnshire areas as I work for the local BBC Yorkshire station. But I would love to hear from people outside Yorkshire and Lincolnshire too.
Please can you get in touch with me with your name, phone number and a brief note about your experiences on : Gaggan.Sabherwal@bbc.co.uk and I will call you for an off the record chat.
Many thanks
Regards
Gaggan
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The Islington Survivors Network
A new website, The Islington Survivors Network, is now live and open for contact from anyone who suffered sexual, physical or emotional abuse or neglect within an Islington children’s home, adoptive home or foster home. A number of volunteers have worked hard to produce this resource and feedback is welcome. Please click on the image or link below to visit.
Many children’s homes within the Borough were affected including Beecholme, Colgrain, Conewood Street/Park Place, Dixton, Elwood Street, Gisburne House, Grosvenor House, Harlow, Highbury Crescent, Highbury Grove, 29 Highbury New Park, 80 Highbury New Park, Holmleigh, Hutton Poplars, Mildmay Park, New Park House, Northampton Park, Shephall Manor, Sheringham Road and The Village.
For those unfamiliar with the background to the Islington scandal, we recommend reading Eileen Fairweather’s expose in the Evening Standard in 1992:
The scandal at the heart of child care Evening Standard 06/10/92
The tragic stories of five victims Evening Standard 07/10/92
Lured into the hot house of corruption Evening Standard 07/10/92
Further press links can be found in The Needle’s CSA database here.
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