'I will not go silently': Exiting mental health chief's plan of action

The former head of Adelaide’s mental health services who resigned in protest at a lack of government action has issued a 10-point plan outlining immediate reforms for the sector – including opening more specialist beds and mobilising an additional workforce with rapid training.

'It's a joke': Exiting mental health chief maintains rage over SA Health failures

State mental health leader John Mendoza – who walked out of his office yesterday rather than obey an SA Health order to shut up after an incendiary InDaily interview – has continued to expose a litany of failures and budget cuts in the state’s mental health system.

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'Take a long, hard look': Senior doctors back whistleblower Mendoza

Psychiatric and emergency doctors have backed the resignation parting spray of former Central Adelaide Local Health Network mental health director John Mendoza, saying he was voicing concerns “many people thought privately”.

'Not going to waste my time': Mental health chief blasts SA Health on way out door

EXCLUSIVE: One of the nation’s most experienced mental health experts has quit his post with SA Health, blasting the department and State Government for failing to act on reform and demanding “some accountability on the department and the chief executive and the minister”.