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Pictures of vulnerable missing children are to be displayed in the waiting rooms of hospitals and GP surgeries.Pictures of vulnerable missing children are to be displayed in the waiting rooms of hospitals and GP surgeries.
Photographs of some of the 100,000 children who go missing each year will be screened at UK health centres. Images of some of the 100,000 British children who go missing each year will be screened at UK health centres.
It is expected that more than 1 million people each month will view images and information on Missing Children TV.It is expected that more than 1 million people each month will view images and information on Missing Children TV.
Among the featured children will be Madeleine McCann, from Rothley, Leicestershire, who vanished in Praia da Luz, Portugal, on 3 May. The adverts are a collaboration between campaigning group Parents and Abducted Children Together and the Police National Missing Persons Bureau.
The advertisements are a joint collaboration between campaigning group Parents and Abducted Children Together (Pact) and the Police National Missing Persons Bureau.
The short information bulletins are to be screened by Electronic Health Media (EHM), which supplies television to more than 120 hospitals and surgeries.The short information bulletins are to be screened by Electronic Health Media (EHM), which supplies television to more than 120 hospitals and surgeries.
Among the featured children will be Madeleine McCann, from Rothley, Leicestershire, who vanished in Praia da Luz, Portugal, on 3 May.
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Lady Catherine Meyer, founder of Pact, said Madeleine's case showed how vital it was to get the help of the general public in the search for a missing child.Lady Catherine Meyer, founder of Pact, said Madeleine's case showed how vital it was to get the help of the general public in the search for a missing child.
She said: "The trauma which families suffer when their children go missing is something which no parent wishes to experience.She said: "The trauma which families suffer when their children go missing is something which no parent wishes to experience.
"As the recent case of Madeleine McCann shows, it is imperative for the police to act quickly and enrol the public's help as soon as possible.""As the recent case of Madeleine McCann shows, it is imperative for the police to act quickly and enrol the public's help as soon as possible."
Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Richard Bryant said: "We know that when a child goes missing it's critical.Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Richard Bryant said: "We know that when a child goes missing it's critical.
"The use of technology is key, and the technology behind this launch is part of that. Anything we can do to make our kids safer is really important and valuable.""The use of technology is key, and the technology behind this launch is part of that. Anything we can do to make our kids safer is really important and valuable."
The pictures will be downloaded from missingkids.co.uk, a website managed by the Police National Missing Persons Bureau.The pictures will be downloaded from missingkids.co.uk, a website managed by the Police National Missing Persons Bureau.