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The public health system has been accused of failing mental health patients, as more arrive at hospital than ever before only to be met with record wait times in emergency departments.That’s the verdict from the Australian Medical Association, sparking a warning the situation is only going to get worse as more staff leave the profession due to stress and burnout.
Some 52 per cent of mental health patients arrived by police or ambulance and one in 10 patients spent more than 23 hours in emergency before they received a hospital bed.The number of patients with mental illness triaged as an emergency had more than doubled over a period of 12 years.AMA president Danielle McMullen said the system was grappling with a “logjam” as there were just 27 specialised mental health beds per 100,000 people, the lowest capacity figure on record.
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