Hon. Sally Talbot asked the Minister for Mental Health to publicly name a Graylands Hospital doctor who made unauthorised decisions under the Mental Health Act. The Minister refused, citing privacy provisions in the Mental Health Act 1996.

AnsweredQoN 214Legislative Council
Asked
19 June 2013
Portfolio
Mental Health

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GRAYLANDS
HOSPITAL — PSYCHIATRIST PRACTICE
1. 214. Hon SALLY TALBOT to the Minister for Mental Health:
(1) Will the
minister make public the name of the Graylands Hospital doctor who made unauthorised decisions under the Mental Health Act?
(2) If no to (1), why not?

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(1) No.
(2) Clause 3
of schedule 2A of the Mental Health Act 1996 prohibits the publication of any
information that may identify a person who is related to, or associated with, a
party to the proceeding or is alleged to be in any other way concerned with a
State Administrative Tribunal matter.

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