This report concludes that the Intensive Therapeutic Care (ITC) program for children in Out-of-Home Care (OOHC) with high and complex needs is not operating as intended and is not achieving its key objectives. The report makes 12 recommendations that seek to inform, enhance and strengthen future reforms related to therapeutic residential OOHC in New South Wales.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the main regulator of health and social care quality in England. In 2023, it introduced several changes to its approach. Following several reviews critical of its approach, this report supports the development of CQC's future regulatory model. It sets out five key pieces of learning for CQC to consider.

This study explores inequities in Assistive Technology (AT) access for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Secondary analysis identified barriers and facilitators across people, products, personnel, provision and policy, generating nine principles for culturally safe AT delivery. The findings highlight actions needed for respectful and effective AT programs.

This report presents a summary of a Queensland inquiry into elder abuse. The inquiry considered the nature and extent of elder abuse, the effectiveness and cohesiveness of responses to elder abuse, and opportunities to improve responses to elder abuse within the government, broader community, non-government and private sectors. The report provides 16 recommendations.

This guide summarises evidence on potentially harmful behaviours (PHB) in Autistic children, showing how PHB may communicate unmet needs linked to neurodevelopmental differences. The guide is for practitioners working with children and young people, parents and families and has been developed specifically for practitioners who have less than 5 years of experience in the child...