Gayle
I was shocked to discover that social workers in Britain were accused of similar insensitivities towards victims as the GB and that they were also accused of seeking to protect themselves from being sued rather than protecting children. (Part of this stemmed from the backlash against them after high profiles cases made the news in which they were seeing abuse where there was none as in Cleveland for example).
So I guess in fighting for more sensitivity and compassion from the GB we are also in a sense fighting for more compassion and empathy from government workers like social workers and from the government itself so that, even when the pendulum swings from one extreme to another, organisations can at least keep their heads with proper safeguarding policies in place so defenseless ones don't suffer too much.