Review reviewable deaths

What are reviewable deaths?

We review the causes and patterns of deaths of:

children and young people in care
children notified to the Department of Community Services (DoCS) within three years of their death
children who are siblings of a child notified to DoCS within three years of their death
children who may have died from abuse, neglect or in suspicious circumstances
children who were in detention at the time of their death
people with a disability who at the time of their death were living in a residential care service authorised or funded under the Disability Services Act 1993 or in a licensed boarding house.

Our work includes:

receiving notifications of deaths of certain children and people with disabilities in care
doing individual assessments and reviews of deaths
identifying trends and patterns and undertaking systemic reviews of deaths
maintaining a register of reviewable deaths in NSW
promoting service improvement strategies to minimise the number of preventable deaths of certain children and people with disabilities in care.

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