Kids at risk: alarming rates of suspected 'significant harm'

Thousands of kids across the state are being left to fend for themselves after being reported to authorities as being at 'risk of significant harm'. Picture: Sylvia Liber

KIDS at risk are being reported at alarming rates across the Hunter Central Coast, with more than 350 identified every week as frontline staff numbers are dropping.

Nearly three quarters of the kids reported to authorities by Hunter New England health care workers in the three months to September 30, 2022, met the 'risk of significant harm' (ROSH) threshold, compared to just over half statewide, 72 per cent compared to 57 per cent.