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Allegations
of Abuse in Institutions |
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The Internal Affairs'
Minister has made two new appointments to the forum for former psychiatric
patients who claim to have suffered abuse while in hospital. The confidential forum
is designed to give in-patients and their families an opportunity to air
their grievances. However, it has no power to decide on the validity of
cases. The new forum members
are former IHC chief executive and Mental Health Commission chairwoman Jan
Dowland and mental health consumer advisor Anne Helm. |
