Children in Care

907 Ms STINSON (Badcoe) (18 June 2019). Since 20 March 2018 how many children or young people in residential or commercial care have been diagnosed with:

(a) pertussis (whooping cough)?

(b) hepatitis B?

(c) hepatitis A?

(d) measles?

(e) meningococcal?

(f) pneumococcal?

The Hon. R. SANDERSON (Adelaide—Minister for Child Protection): I have been advised:

While DCP records medical information, including the details of any significant illnesses, on the case files of children and young people in care, the department does not release information of this type, except to carers where this is appropriate and necessary. This is as much about the need for government and the public to respect a child and their family's right to privacy and to treat their personal information with utmost sensitivity, as it is to ensure compliance with relevant legislation.