‘Duty to report’ child abuse laws will not apply to doctors, teachers or nurses

Survivors of abuse express outrage as long-awaited legislation falls far below recommendations of independent inquiryTougher laws promised by the government to protect children from sexual abuse will not apply to doctors, teachers or nurses, it has been revealed.The long-awaited “duty to report” legislation falls far below recommendations by the seven-year independent inquiry into child sexual abuse (IICSA) and has triggered outrage from campaigners, lawyers and survivors of abuse. C