"There were so many times when the right kind of intervention could have helped and it was not there," she said.
They also informed the mental health advocate they were uncomfortable with being "pushed" to lay a formal complaint with the police to demonstrate to Kate there were "consequences for her actions". Perth emergency departments have seen a 403 per cent increase in self-harm, suicide risk and attempted suicide presentations in under 13s over the past decade.
The number of children aged zero to 17 referred to CAMHS increased by 51 per cent between 2015 and 2019. His report outlined seven key recommendations, which included immediately appointing a child and adolescent mental health ministerial taskforce to redesign and rebuild the CAMHS system.Funded positions for family peer workers at PCH to improve the relationship between families and staff