Man representing family of dead foster child hopes for changes within the system

The man who represented the family of a three-year-old boy who died in foster care two years ago is looking for action after a coroner's inquest put forward seven recommendations for the ministry of social services.

Bob Hughes hopes the recommendations will make a difference, saying an inquest like this is needed to help give the family involved some answers. However, he admits what comes out of such a process isn't always new.

“We've seen lots of inquests, we've seen lots of recommendations and often we haven't seen any action,” said Hughes.

Even if in some cases the recommendations seem to be vague, he argues it at least provides some direction for the ministry, so long as they do something with them.

“I think the value of this inquest is yet to be seen in what changes the ministry is able to do.”

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Hughes is also urging the government to provide some help to the family involved, who he feels were left without guidance during both the inquest and grieving process.

The social services ministry is taking time to go over the recommendations before making a full comment. At the same time, it is also working through what suggestions were made in the child welfare review just released last month.

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