Links to web-sites and organisations providing information or support about abuse by health or social care workers.

Action on Elder Abuse (AEA)
A national charity providing information, advice and guidance about addressing and preventing abuse of older people. AEA also works to raise awareness of abuse in old age through education, research promotion and the collection and dissemination of information.

Advocateweb
Extensive American site on all forms of professional abuse. Produce regular email bulletins.

Ann Craft Trust
The Ann Craft Trust provides information and advice, training and peer group support to staff in the interests of people with learning disabilities who may be at risk from abuse. It also undertakes research and campaigns to raise awareness of abuse of people with learning disabilities.

Medical Criminology UK
Medical Criminology UK is a website forum for medical criminology issues in the UK, looking at the causes and repercussions of criminal type behaviour in medicine. This includes a list of high profile medical malpractice cases, a discussion forum and related articles.

National Association for People Abused as Children (NAPAC)
NAPAC provides a phone and postal information and advice service for people who have been abused as children. It campaigns to raise awareness and holds a national register of counsellors/therapists who work with people who have been abused as children.

Respond
Respond provides a range of services to victims and perpetrators of sexual abuse who have learning disabilities, and training and support to those working with them. These include individual therapy, counselling, group work, risk assessment, consultations, supervision and training.

Therapy-abuse
"The purpose of this website is to raise consciousness of verbal and emotional abuse of clients by their psychotherapists. Generally, practitioners and their professional organisations are in agreement that sexual exploitation of clients is unethical. However, verbal and emotional abuse is less easy to define and recognise."

VEX
"A client enters into therapy at considerable risk. VEX wants to change this. It wants to make all kinds of therapy better and safer for all concerned, and the best way of doing this is by the registration of therapists in the countries that they work in and regulation of therapy worldwide."

Victim Support
Victim Support provides free and confidential support and information to victims of crime and runs a witness support program. It also works to promote and advance the rights of victims and witnesses and provides a witness support programme.

VoiceUK
Voice runs a helpline and provides support, advice and assistance to people with a learning disability who have experienced abuse or a crime. This is also open to their families, carers and professional workers.