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Invaluable insight into mental health care in NSW public facilities will be gathered through a new carer survey.
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Mental Health
Westmead takes top mental health award
Westmead’s Redbank House Acute Adolescent Unit team have received a state award for improving their practices with the seclusion and restraint of serious mental health patients.
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Mental health nurses celebrated
Cumberland Hospital nurses were treated to a BBQ and night staff received pizza as part of the International Nurses and Midwives Day celebrations.
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Life inside a high-security psychiatric unit
Running one of the most challenging mental health units in the country requires a special team of dedicated doctors and
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Anorexia nervosa: ‘I don’t remember how it started’
Sarah describes her long-battle with anorexia nervosa as a daily struggle. It is the second time the 18-year-old has been admitted to the adolescent ward at Westmead Hospital with the condition.
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Yaralla celebrated with a sanga
Staff have welcomed the completion of the refurbishment of Cumberland Hospital’s Yaralla ward.
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Farewell Margaret Bannister
It is with deep sadness we share the news of the passing of Margaret Bannister, who was one of our most treasured and respected nurse unit managers in WSLHD’s mental health service.
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NSW suicide prevention trial an Australian first
For the first time in Australia pulse monitoring devices will be trialled as a suicide prevention tool in a mental health unit, following a $300,314 investment by the NSW Government.
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New report: “Seclusion and restraint should be a last resort”
The NSW Government has release the independent Review of seclusion, restraint and observation of consumers with a mental illness in NSW Health facilities by the state’s chief psychiatrist, Dr Murray wright, and a panel of five mental health experts.
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Patients’ artistic skills on show
Art works made by patients in Cumberland Hospital’s successful Life Skills program are set to be on show at an upcoming public exhibition in Parramatta.
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