BHS seclusion rates for mental health patients three times higher than state average

By Michelle Smith
Updated April 15 2021 - 12:45am, first published June 5 2020 - 5:30am
Ballarat Health Services run the Grampians Area Mental Health Service
Ballarat Health Services run the Grampians Area Mental Health Service

Patients with mental illness at Ballarat Health Services are being locked alone in rooms in so-called 'seclusion episodes' at rates three times higher than the state average.

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