PECCS have a policy against admitting patients under the influence of alcohol or drugs because their toxicology must be assessed and stabilised before their psychological state can be established.
We are still a long way from being in a position we accept as our minimum standard, and even further away from having the first rural PECC Unit, but with the continued assistance and support of the NSWNA--especially from OHS Officer Trish Butrej--I am confident we will get there.'
Tony Lochead, NUM of the ED at The Tweed Hospital, would like to have a PECC attached to his department.
However, Barbara Daly, NUM of the ED at Prince of Wales Hospital, is disappointed with the lack of communication and co-operation with the PECC there.