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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Helen Pidd North of England editor

Child survivors of Manchester Arena attack ‘re-traumatised by poor support’

A memorial to the victims of the Manchester Arena bombing pictured in 2020. Sunday will mark five years since the attack.
A memorial to the victims of the Manchester Arena bombing pictured in 2020. Sunday will mark five years since the attack. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

Child survivors of the Manchester Arena bomb are still suffering from the attack five years on, with some “re-traumatised” by “really shocking examples of poor support” provided by schools and GPs, a researcher has found.

Some have been made to take part in exercises in class without warning, involving how and where to hide if a gunman enters their school, according to Dr Cath Hill, a social worker and lecturer at Lancaster University leading research into the support provided after the 2017 attack.

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