Young People In Care, Sexually Transmitted Diseases

908 Ms STINSON (Badcoe) (18 June 2019). Since 20 March 2018 how many young people, aged 18 or under, have been diagnosed with sexually transmitted diseases upon entering residential or commercial care?

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.