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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Health
Gabriel Fowler

Care provider failed to sack worker after resident abused: report

Life Without Barriers Chief Executive Officer Claire Robbs was "was reluctant to accept that there had been any significant deficiency in the operations or services provided by LWB". Picture by Max Mason-Hubers

FAILING to sack a worker who sexually assaulted a resident, failing to report it, and not properly supporting another sex assault victim are just some of the 34 adverse findings against Life Without Barriers made public today.

The damning report, from the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability, follows public hearing 20 which was held in December, 2021.

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