The provincial government has committed to flag the electronic medical files of children known to the child protection system, alerting doctors and nurses to that fact, as part of efforts to improve the communication between healthcare professionals and child protection officials when a child is treated for any kind of injury. The province's child death review committee has said social workers shouldn't put a child who suffered a "non-accidental injury" back into a home until "the perpetrator has been identified." The government has accepted the intent of that recommendation, but hasn't said whether it will change any of its policies when it comes to reuniting children with their parents after abuse. In cases where a child is abused and the perpetrator hasn't been identified, social workers will create a plan for the child through mediation with family. Also, standards will be updated to require social workers to do a new "child protection intake" when a social worker notices an injury serious enough to require a trip to a hospital.
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Réponse aux recommandations du Comité d’examen des décès d’enfants - Gouvernement du Nouveau-Brunswick
Response to recommendations of Child Death Review Committee - Government of New Brunswick
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