Finding mental health beds 'difficult' and 'time consuming' South West Healthcare director tells Royal Commission

Jackson Graham
Updated June 25 2020 - 9:37pm, first published 4:10pm
South West Healthcare mental health services director Karyn Cook said staff could try for up to "a number of days" to find a patient a bed when the region's beds were full.
South West Healthcare mental health services director Karyn Cook said staff could try for up to "a number of days" to find a patient a bed when the region's beds were full.

FINDING a bed for south-west mental health patients in crisis can be "incredibly difficult" and "time consuming", the region's leading expert in the field says.

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Jackson Graham

Jackson Graham

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