She posted a video after hospital staff were forced to park her at the end of a hallway and put up a makeshift curtain while they waited for a bed in a ward.
Bec was admitted to hospital almost 100 times from age 19. There was nowhere safe for her to get better.
Extremely unwell patients held against their will at a western Sydney hospital are waiting for days to see a psychiatrist.
Hospitals have been told to reduce their patient offload times by 4 per cent by the end of this financial year.
It is concerning that advocates have been requesting a meeting with the NSW Health Minister since October to discuss solutions.
The Albanese government seeks to prove its commitment to Medicare before the upcoming election – while holding out on a fresh five-year deal with the states.
Severely ill and distressed patients are waiting three and a half days in emergency for mental health beds that don’t exist in a shocking escalation of the state’s psychiatrist workforce crisis.
Resigning psychiatrists warn of worsening backlogs in emergency departments when mentally ill patients have nowhere to go due to ward closures.
Two-thirds of psychiatrists in NSW public hospitals will quit this week. The impact for patients like Jessica Comish will be devastating in a system already strained.
Leaked recordings show NSW public hospitals are preparing to lose some services under emergency settings akin to those seen during the COVID pandemic.