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SUSPICIOUS child deaths and serious injuries will be investigated by a new committee to determine if and how the child protection system failed the young victims and their families. The Child Death and Serious Injury Review Committee was announced yesterday as part of the Government's response to the Layton Report into child protection. Families and Communities Minister Jay Weatherill said the committee, comprising legal, paediatric, forensic, police and child protection experts, will examine cases where abuse, violence and neglect has caused death or serious injury of a child. "It is vital that when tragedies occur that we examine the circumstances and consider whether we could have served each individual child better," he said. Mr Weatherill said the committee was a recommendation of the Robyn Layton report and was not prompted by three suspicious infant deaths since January. He said the committee would attempt to identify where children may have "fallen through the gaps" in the child protection system. "It's about learning lessons about why children are seriously injured and why they die and seeing what we can do to prevent that from happening," Mr Weatherill said. Adelaide Advertiser (26-5-2004) Leanne Craig |
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