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While there is much that can be done to improve the experiences of people who present to emergency departments (ED) with mental health crises, it is also essential that system responses beyond the ED are improved.
The peak body for emergency medicine in Australia and New Zealand has welcomed the Western Australian Government’s move to introduce mandatory reporting of cases involving extreme emergency department waiting times for specialised mental health care.
The peak body for emergency medicine in New Zealand and Australia has called for commitment and action, following the handing down of the Report of the Government Inquiry to Mental Health and Addiction.
The peak body for emergency medicine in Australia today released a Communique following a successful Mental Health in the Emergency Department Summit.
More than 150 emergency doctors, psychiatrists, consumers, clinicians and key decision makers will gather in Melbourne next week to tackle Australia’s mental health crisis.
The peak body for emergency medicine in Australia and New Zealand has called for a nationally funded, needs based planning process to address systemic failures in the provision of mental health care in in rural and remote Australia.