Mental health, Dubbo: Seclusion and restraints on patients in the region

Nadine Morton
Updated June 17 2020 - 11:35am, first published 11:30am
HOSPITAL REPORT: Patients were secluded or restrained more than 24 times at hospitals in the Central West, new report shows. Photo: FILE
HOSPITAL REPORT: Patients were secluded or restrained more than 24 times at hospitals in the Central West, new report shows. Photo: FILE

SECLUSION and physical restraints have been used more than 24 times on acute mental health patients in the region during the first three months of this year, new data shows.

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Nadine Morton

Nadine Morton

Senior journalist

Breaking news journalist at the Illawarra Mercury. Email: nadine.morton@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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