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Milly is waiting to be confessed to the mental health unit– but she says she should not be there at all

Milly is waiting to be confessed to the mental health unit– but she says she should not be there at all

Updated.

March 08, 2020 10: 23:38

More frequently than anywhere else in the nation, psychological health clients in Canberra report leaving a hospital admission even worse off than they got in.

Bottom line:

  • The Human Rights Commission is concerned psychological health patients are being released prior to they are well, resulting in unplanned readmissions
  • Current Efficiency Commission data reveals the clinical outcomes for psychological health clients in Canberra are worse than any other state or territory
  • Internal e-mails indicate bed pressure affects decision-making on whether or not to discharge a patient

Milly Baker, 28, has been admitted to Canberra’s crisis systems on more than 20 occasions in the past 7 years.

Almost each time, she waited days on the basic wards for a bed, and then another 2 or three days to see a psychiatrist.

” It doesn’t sound like a lot of days, but when all you do is sit and await a psychiatrist, it seems like a long time,” she said.

When the ABC went to Mill

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