‘Robbing Peter to pay Paul’: Leaked letter reveals WA women’s mental health beds to be used for aged care patients

The Cook government’s winter health strategy will see the number of women’s mental health beds at the Cockburn Health facility shrink by one-third while they’re diverted to elderly patients.


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