An early intervention program developed in Scotland is showing promising signs – but in an election year full of punitive rhetoric, its future is uncertain
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In the first week at her new job, Andrea Davidson received a call from the deputy director of trauma at one of Melbourne’s major hospitals.
“He said, ‘Andrea, I’m sick and tired of patching these kids up and hoping they don’t come back, and then seeing them turn up six months later and this time … they die’,” Davidson says.