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Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare expands Mental Health and Addictions Urgent Crisis Centre hours
Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare expands Mental Health and Addictions Urgent Crisis Centre hours

CTV News

time2 days ago

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Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare expands Mental Health and Addictions Urgent Crisis Centre hours

Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare (HDGH) has expanded its hours for the Mental Health and Addictions Urgent Crisis Centre. It said this is in an effort to support Windsor-Essex who are experiencing mental health or addictions crisis and giving another option instead of emergency departments. The centre will now give in-person crisis assessment services Monday through Friday, 24 hours a day. HDGH said it also has 24/7 voluntary drop-offs for EMS and policing partners, while continuing to focus on making a specialized system. 'HDGH reinforces its role in our community as a crucial resource for those experiencing a mental health or addictions crisis who cannot safely wait for community mental health and addiction support.

Emergency
Emergency

ABC News

time3 days ago

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Emergency

Doctors and frontline health workers have told Four Corners they can't stay silent any longer, warning they are witnessing the collapse of public mental health care in NSW. Staff have revealed they're being forced to release people who are still seriously unwell, simply because there aren't enough beds. CCTV and internal figures show patients in crisis and waiting almost four days for care in one of the country's busiest emergency departments. The delays are fuelling violence and unsafe discharges. The situation has prompted scores of psychiatrists to leave the public system in NSW, many accusing the government of not taking mental health seriously or providing the funding the system needs to survive. This week, Four Corners goes inside the system to investigate the extent of the crisis and the impact on those who need its care the most. Emergency, reported by Avani Dias and produced by Amy Donaldson, goes to air on Monday 2 June at 8.30pm on ABC TV and ABC iview.

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