Every time I hear about Little Ted's nursery in Plymouth I am filled with emotion. Some of this is sadness for the children and parents who are still going through this dreadful, heartbreaking nightmare, and my heart goes out to them. I also feel very angry, even more so after reading some of the information following the serious case review into Vanessa George's abuse (Analysis, 18 November).
I have read that staff at the nursery had some concerns about George's behaviour but felt unable to challenge her because they believed her to be in a 'position of power'. In my opinion this is totally unacceptable. Anyone who is working with children should have the common sense to do everything possible to protect the children in their care, with or without any training. So even if George was in a position of power, the staff who had concerns about her should have acted on them. This could have prevented the abuse of some of those children.
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