Banksia mental health unit: centralised mental health model slammed as 'risky', reliant on 'risky' mental health transfers

Andrew Messenger
July 26 2021 - 6:30am
Reports mentally ill children sedated for transfer to city hospitals
Reports mentally ill children sedated for transfer to city hospitals

Mentally ill children are reportedly being sedated and transferred to the coast in air ambulances because Tamworth lacks a single acute mental health bed for children, and with health bureaucrats dismissing a unit for them as not cost effective.

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Andrew Messenger

Andrew Messenger

Northern Daily Leader journalist

Politics, environment and energy journalist at the Northern Daily Leader. I also write about health, bushfires and occasionally music. I'm a Brisbane boy by way of Charleville and Hobart who now lives in in beautiful New England. Get me at andrew.messenger@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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