Mrs Barbara Perry, MP
Minister assisting the Minister for Health (Mental Health and Cancer)
Level 33, Governor Macquarie Tower
1 Farrer Place Sydney NSW 2000
13 April 2010
Dear Mrs Perry
RE: Complaint against the Sydney South West Area Health Service – Mental Health I write in reference to my correspondence of 4 November 2009, a copy of which is enclosed, in which I expressed some serious concerns I had about the state of the safety of staff working in the mental health services of the Sydney South West Area Health Service.
As the Minister responsible for Mental Health assisting the Minister for Health I thought it would be appropriate for me to draw these matters of concern to your attention. It is disappointing, therefore, to have not received a response or even an acknowledgement from your office that you may share these concerns and consider that some appropriate action be taken to address the issues of a safe working environment for staff working in mental health assessment and treatment services, particularly in a rural or regional area.
Yours sincerely,
Kevin O’Neill
Psychologist and
Credentialed Mental Health Nurse
As was the case for the NSW Minister for Health, Ms Carmel Tebbutt, Socrates is aware that Mrs Barbara Perry, the NSW Minister assisting Ms Tebbutt, also failed to respond to this second letter from a complainant in the Southern Highlands. Where is the duty of care and the Ministerial responsibility expected by the voters of New South Wales?
