Under Territory law, all patients at 'high risk of severe harm' need to have their cases raised with the Chief Health Officer. NT Health has now conceded all the three children involved in a joint inquest should have been upwardly referred.
Three NT children known to sniff petrol were denied adequate treatment because health staff, even at the top level, didn't "understand" their legal obligations — repeating the same mistakes raised during a 2017 inquest, a court has heard.Legally, all patients at "high risk of severe harm" must have their cases raised with the CHO
The inquest has heard none of the kids — 12-year-old Master W, 13-year-old Master JK or 17-year-old Ms B —Under the Volatile Substance Abuse Prevention Act, all patients at "high risk of severe harm" should have their cases raised with the CHO. Mr Campion said it would have been "advantageous" for the CHO to have had an input in regards to Ms B's case.
He asked Mr Campion: "What I'm trying to demonstrate is that, effectively, that unless the act and the guidelines are followed these young peoples are not going to get the assistance they so richly deserve, do you agree with that?"NT coroner Greg Cavanagh was told all three children had used volatile substances over an extended period and had poor school attendances.
Mr Campion went on to say staff had received "training and support" about applying the act in the years since this judgement, but "it's clear that we need to revisit that".
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