13 Dec 2017

Patients' suicide attempts not recorded by most DHBs

From Morning Report, 7:14 am on 13 December 2017

Eleven of New Zealand's 20 District Health Boards are not keeping any records of people attempting suicide or self-harming at respite centres for mental health patients. Advocates say the lack of monitoring is a disgrace and there needs to be urgent change. And many of the DHBs don't have clinical staff on site at any given time, Charlie Dreaver reports.