The Psychologist & Author Lisa Blakemore Brown has recently submitted a complaint to Sir David Normington (Permanent Secretary @ DfES), Ruth Kelly (Secretary of State for Education) et al concerning the role of a DfES officer, Bruce Clark, previously at the DoH, in the creation of guidelines which have led to false accusation of MSBP against many mothers and a few fathers throughout the UK and beyond.

The timing of this complaint is to link with a similar complaint from others about more recent actions by Bruce Clark in relation to another aspect of social and family policy which has come unstuck at enormous detriment to the families concerned and enormous cost to the taxpayer.

We felt that visitors to the Parents Protecting Children Website should have the opportunity to see this complaint for themselves, as it seems to be absolutely fundamental in understanding how this newly re-elected Government got it so very wrong about MSBP.

Our newly re-elected Prime Minister has promised to listen more. Perhaps the actions against Meadow, Southall et al in the GMC & elsewhere and the recent release of Donna Anthony will make him question Government policy to date over false accusation of MSBP.

Perhaps this is the time to write to the Prime Minister and/or your new or returning MP and / or the Permanent Secretary at the DfES to suggest that review of the DoH guidelines on MSBP, as drafted by Bruce Clark, is long overdue.

Jan Loxley. London MAY 5 2005