Lyell McEwin swaps hard shackles for soft after Chief Psychiatrist criticism

The Lyell McEwin Hospital has replaced “hard” shackles with “soft” to restrain patients in line with new standards and following findings by the Chief Psychiatrist of “under-reporting” of the controversial practice.

Angry doctors slam 'unethical' and 'harmful' RAH mental health services

EXCLUSIVE | A group of 28 “angry and frustrated” emergency specialist doctors from the Royal Adelaide Hospital has written to SA Health lamenting an ongoing lack of services and treatment delays for mental health patients, suggesting a Royal Commission might be the only way to fix the broken system.

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SA Health ducks accountability on unsafe unit

An unsafe public healthcare facility, kept open for years despite safety warnings, run by the same organisation that failed to stop the horrors of Oakden during the same period: SA Health has serious questions to answer about the Lyell McEwin short stay unit.