More Than a Third of NSW Prenatal Reports Were Not Investigated, Ombudsman Finds
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- More than one-third of prenatal welfare reports in New South Wales were closed without investigation because too few caseworkers were available, the ombudsman found.
- The watchdog also found that some families were unlawfully required to participate in prenatal casework without consent.
- It raised concerns that some high-risk cases were not referred to support services or dedicated case managers because of resource shortages.
More than a third of reports warning about the future welfare of unborn children in New South Wales were closed without investigation because the department lacked enough allocated caseworkers, the state ombudsman found.
The findings followed an investigation into how the Department of Communities and Justice responds to prenatal reports. The watchdog released its conclusions on Friday and highlighted concerns about the handling of cases involving children considered particularly high-risk.
Some of those reports were not referred to further support services or assigned a dedicated case manager because of resource shortages. The ombudsman also found that other families had been unlawfully compelled to take part in prenatal casework without their consent.
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