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We checked the records of 6,000 kids entering care. Only a fraction received recommended health checks

  • Written by: Karen McLean, Paediatrician, Royal Children’s Hospital; Research officer, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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More than 10,000 Victorian children and young people live with a foster or kinship (relative) carer. They enter such care because of court orders aiming to protect them from abuse or neglect.

These children have more physical, developmental and mental health needs than others, which is why they are meant to have a number...

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