Tania Clarence, who killed her 3 disabled children, sentenced to hospital order

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This is such a horrible and sad case.

I have just been reading this www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-30096820

and what struck me was what her solicitor said:

"Tania's depression was certainly not assisted by the constant pressure placed on the family by some individuals within the medical profession and social services who could not agree with Tania and Gary Clarence's stance of prioritising quality of life for their children and who were not readily willing to submit the children to operations and other interventions that they felt were not appropriate in the circumstance," he added.

He said Mr Clarence was assisting Kingston Borough Council in their serious case review of the case but wanted to make clear that allegations of neglect had been "wholly unfounded".

This seems to have uncomfortable echoes of the Aysha King case and professionals using the threat of care proceedings to get parents to comply with certain treatment regimes.

Interested to know what others think.

Huge, I am sorry. I am also worried about the 'end point'. Would you consider starting a separate thread about your situation (my apologies if you have already done so and I didn't see it).

I agree huge there is no support for children with mh problems! They pretend there is but there isn't and it is such an intolerable thing to cope with. My ds has suffered too and always will. Frustrating doesn't even come close. The invisibility and uncertainty is horrific!