In a recent letter to Jo, the NHS has apologised for how the abuse was handled in 1990.
The letter says that “unfortunately, when you were seen in 1990 the organisations would not have had a strong safeguarding governance structure” and this is “sadly evidenced in your available medical notes.
“The abuse against you was not fully understood and your voice was not heard in the process.”
Referrals that could have been made – meaning to police and other bodies – “appear not to have been enacted”, the letter notes.
The letter then apologises for this “historical practice”.
Jo told the BBC the abuse in the NHS records should have been identified when Carrick joined the police, and he could have been prevented joining at all.
“He shouldn’t have been a police officer,” she said.
Jo said the recent BBC Panorama undercover investigation into Met Police showed a culture in which Carrick would have “fitted in like a glove”, and that she is alarmed by that.
Jo wants change and for women’s voices to be heard.
“Just don’t suffer in silence”, she said.
“Just keep talking. Keep telling people. If somebody won’t listen, go somewhere else.”
“Everyone should be a valued person. Everyone should be listened to.”