Set up to fail
The mental health system has assisted the community by admitting people into mental Health COVID wards. These people included our usual cohort of individuals withdrawing from illicit substances. The behaviors included: refusing to abide by COVID ward requirements of isolation, destroying property including room air purifiers and other ward property.
The wards have cared for forensic people contained by the legal system, for one reason or another (including the inability of the police force to manage a forensic COVID patient).
Mental Health wards have managed people without a mental illness but could not stay in the medihotels due to their abhorrent antisocial behaviors. Once again staff who are medically trained facing violent abusing threatening behavior.
The main stress for staff was the priority of attempting to keep other patients safe who did not deserve to be placed in such inappropriate environments.
Staff are working in these dangerous environments without PMVA training. Extremely junior inexperienced staff.
Hearing media reports that the health system is coping is offensive and dishonest.
Clinical indicators are not accurate and manipulated. Not all incidents are reported. When they are, managers are changing staff reports. This needs further investigation.