Child death probe unit 'overworked'

A team set up to investigate deaths and serious injuries of children and young people known to social services cannot cope with its workload, it has warned.

Child death probe unit 'overworked'

A team set up to investigate deaths and serious injuries of children and young people known to social services cannot cope with its workload, it has warned.

Fifty-one cases – including 35 deaths – involving drug overdoses, suicides, child abuse and killings have been handed to the National Review Panel (NRP) since March last year.

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