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Leaked email: SA Health congratulates staff on failing to fill mental health vacancies

An SA Health manager has congratulated colleagues on failing to fill vacant positions in a southern area mental health service which has been described as being in crisis due to staff shortages.

SA's mental health outcomes 'worst in nation': new data

South Australia’s state-run mental health services have been producing the nation’s worst clinical outcomes, discharging patients who have not improved in up to 55 per cent of cases, newly released data show.

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'Dysfunctional', 'unsafe': Review damns SA's community mental health services

South Australia’s adult community mental health services are “extremely dysfunctional”, to the point of being “unsafe” for patients and staff, SA Health clinicians have told a formal review.