September 17, 2026 — 5:00am
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Western Australia will cut the number of inpatient mental health beds available for children in crisis, despite years of warnings that the system is struggling to keep up.
This masthead can reveal Perth Children’s Hospital’s mental health inpatient ward for children under 16 will be reduced from 20 beds to 16, once an ongoing refurbishment is complete.
The ward is the state’s only inpatient emergency mental health facility for children younger than 16.
A Child and Adolescent Health Service spokesperson said the…
Read the full article at SMH.COM.AU
