The Southern DHB has spoken - after being told to apologise about a suicidal patient's care
The Southern DHB has spoken - after being told to apologise about a suicidal patient's care
11 October 2019
A Health and Disability Commission has released a report into the 2013 incident.
The patient - then in her late teens - was placed in seclusion overnight, with no clothes, pillow or mattress.
Southern DHB's mental health director, Heather Casey, says in this case their processes weren't followed - and they've sincerely apologised to the person involved.
She says it's been a valuable ongoing lesson to staff - in the standard of care that should be provided to the most vulnerable patients.
Casey says they're working towards no more seclusions by next year.
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