Prosecuting or defending a case is a vital democratic right, but one that's easily undermined by poor recordkeeping. Mother and Baby Home Commission destroys witness testimony Tusla's...
The injustice of shoddy recordkeeping
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Families kept apart by poor recordkeeping
It's not just blood that keeps families together – recordkeeping has a role to play too. Below is a collection of recordkeeping failures that have kept families separated and left people...
Recordkeeping failures putting children at risk
Failure to meet recordkeeping obligations isn't just a business risk – it can impact human rights, especially for society's most vulnerable cohorts. The following is a collection of documented...
Data Protection Commission seeks answers on destruction of mother and baby homes recordings
The Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) has written to the Mother and Baby Homes Commission over the destruction of recordings of witness testimony. A total of 550 people provided personal accounts...
‘Council failings are putting children at risk of harm’
A shocking report has revealed that vulnerable children are being put at risk due to failings in Wakefield Council's services... Recording of social work was deemed to be "poor" in some cases....
Waiting for TRIM and training, concerns as child protection files get lost in transit
It's often seen as one of the government's thankless achievements, despite helping build civilisations. Records management, the tool helping drive so many services for the community, has taken...
Met police still failing on child protection policies, report finds
The police are failing to record more than 800,000 offences, including a quarter of all sexual crimes, reported to them by the public each year, according to a damning official inquiry. Her...
Abusers may be at large, says church (AUS)
Some child sex abusers might still be among Uniting Church clergy because of poor record keeping and failure to investigate cases, the church conceded on Monday. The Victorian inquiry...
AM calls for urgent talks on child protection in Port Talbot (WALES)
ABERAVON AM David Rees has called for an urgent meeting with Neath Port Talbot Council leader Ali Thomas and chief executive Steve Phillips following the publication of a highly critical report on...
The Shaw Report – 5 years on
An independent review of the systems in place to protect children and keep them safe in residential care between 1950-1995. This report is the direct outcome of a debate in the Scottish Parliament...
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