After a wait since the opening of the new Byron Central Hospital in mid-2016, the impressive sub-acute mental unit at BCH will open on Monday 16 January. In keeping with a re-naming of mental health facilities across the Northern NSW LHD, it will have an aboreal moniker, in its case ‘Tuckeroo’.
“By mid-2017, we will see an increase of 20 additional mental health beds across the LHD, bringing the total number to 93,” Chief Executive Wayne Jones said.
Included in this number will be ‘Lilli-Pilli’, a new 16-bed dedicated older persons’ mental health treatment space within Lismore Base Hospital.
The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Unit at LBH will be called “Kamala”, while the Lismore Adult Mental Health Unit will be known as “Tallowwood”.
The Tweed Valley Clinic is now “Kurrajong – Tweed Mental Health Unit”.
Community mental health facilities are now known as Tweed Mental Health Services, Byron Mental Health Services, Lismore Mental Health Services and Grafton Mental Health Services.
More information about local mental health services at www.nnswlhd.health.nsw.gov.au or by phoning the 24-hour Mental Health Line on 1800 011 511.
