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Thu 03 Mar 2010Task force gets guidelines to investigate State care deaths
THE EXPERT panel tasked with investigating the deaths of children while in State care should complete reviews within four months and publish its reports within 30 days of completing them, a State-appointed health watchdog has recommended.
The Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) has also said all deaths of children in care or children known to the child-protection system should be reported to the agency within 48 hours.
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