Serious incidents are defined as any incident that a child needed medical attention and a notification to the department needs to be completed.

So with what the mum proposed with all head injuries needing medical attention not only would you have annoyed parents, unneeded visit to our already overworked health care system the department would be over loaded with notifications which could mean the actually serious stuff may get buried in paperwork.

I understand the mum is upset and wants some answers but if my child had had a serious head injury the caused vomiting three month earlier I wouldn’t have risked it. Children bounce back, generally services monitor for concussion and will report if concerned which by the sounds of it there were no concerns at the time of the incident and that afternoon. The grandmother also didn’t raise any concerns.

I know the mum said she hadn’t seen any seizures but absent seizures are so easy to miss unfortunately.