Unresolved issues in the transfer of the NSW Child Death Review Team to the Office of the NSW Ombudsman Special report to Parliament November 2010

In April 2009, the NSW Parliament passed legislation that would transfer responsibility for the NSW Child Death Review Team from the Commission for Children and Young People to the NSW Ombudsman. This report details the issues that have arisen in implementing this decision of Parliament, and the difficulties experienced by the Ombudsman in working to achieve a new and effective system for reviewing and learning from the deaths of children in NSW.