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Lake Alice Child and Adolescent Unit public hearing – 14 to 30 June in Auckland

 

Lake Alice Child and Adolescent Unit public hearing – 14 to 30 June in Auckland

Aerial photograph of Lake Alice Hospital buildings and surrounding area
The Lake Alice Child and Adolescent Unit public hearing will be in Auckland at Level 2, 414 Khyber Pass Road, Newmarket, Auckland (entrance from Kingdon st) from 14-30 June.

The hearing will focus on evidence about abuse of children and young people in the care of the Child and Adolescent Unit at Lake Alice psychiatric hospital in the 1970s. We will investigate what happened, and why it happened. We are also investigating what the Government, Police and professional bodies did to prevent and respond to abuse of children and adolescents in the Unit. We will look at how Lake Alice staff were trained and supervised, the discipline and complaint process, and the support provided to staff by the Unit’s management.

The hearing will be live streamed on our website https://www.abuseincare.org.nz/ and the content might be confronting. If you need support, please call our Contact Centre on 0800 222 727 (weekdays 8am-6pm NZT) which can direct you to wellbeing support if needed.

The Lake Alice case study is part of the wider investigation into abuse in psychiatric care. Learn more about the Lake Alice Child and Adolescent Unit case study here: https://www.abuseincare.org.nz/public-hearings/abuse-in-state-psychiatric-care/lake-alice-child-and-adolescent-unit/

Under Covid Alert Level 1 members of the public are welcome to attend this hearing. Hygiene and health and safety measures will be in place. Further information about how the hearings operate under different Covid alert levels can be found here: https://www.abuseincare.org.nz/public-hearings/about/

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