House of Assembly: Wednesday, May 31, 2017

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Oakden Mental Health Facility

Mr KNOLL (Schubert) (14:46): My question again is to the Minister for Mental Health. What is the minister's response to the question posed by Elizabeth Dabars in the ANMF newsletter when she says, 'Why did SA Health not support ANMF' when they offered to address the level of use of restraints by extending out implementation of the best practice guideline?

The Hon. L.A. VLAHOS (Taylor—Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse) (14:47): We know that the restraint and seclusion data coming out of the Oakden site has reduced by 75 per cent since we have put in additional staff scrutiny and changed the way we do things since January, and we are making significant inroads into those spaces.