As a girl, Susan Covert kept a close eye on the world around her.She sat in her childhood home and digested the political climate and anguish that people felt at the time, knowing that one day she would like to be part of the solution to some of the.
CONCORD A Senate committee on Wednesday rejected a rushed attempt to create a new system for the involuntary detainment of patients in emergency rooms.The Department of Health and Human Services proposed the medical protective custody system in.
The waiting list for inpatient psychiatric services hit zero. Will it last?
New Hampshire Hospital in Concord as seen on Tuesday, July 5, 2016. (ELIZABETH FRANTZ / Monitor staff) Elizabeth Frantz
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This week, the number of adults waiting in hospital emergency departments for psychiatric treatment dropped to zero for the first time in more than a year.
The state cleared the waiting list by offering a $45,000 per bed incentive for nursing homes willing to house geriatric patients from New Hampshire Hospital. This move opened up 25 beds for those waiting in hospital emergency rooms.
The Department of Health has faced pressure to rapidly clear patients from emergency rooms after the New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled last month that psychiatric patients being held involuntarily in emergency rooms must be given a chance to contest their detention within three days of their arrival.
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A $32 million settlement in a class-action suit filed by six New Hampshire residents with psychiatric disabilities against the state is a milestone case for New Hampshire, according to local interested parties who have been following it.
“I think it’s a positive outcome for the citizens, shoring up services that are more humane and less costly than institutionalized care, and I think that’s good for the people of the state,” said Phillip Wyzik, CEO of Monadnock Family Services, which provides mental health services for the Monadnock area.
Advocates Building Lasting Equality in New Hampshire President Linda Quintanilha of Bennington concurs.
House lawmakers mull whether federal aid could be used for new psychiatric facility
Efforts to build new facility have stalled Share Updated: 7:10 PM EDT Apr 12, 2021
Efforts to build new facility have stalled Share Updated: 7:10 PM EDT Apr 12, 2021
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Show Transcript LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON A LONG-STANDING PROBLEM. FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS NEW HAMPSHIRE HAS TRIED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET ITS SECURE PSYCHIATRIC UNIT OUT OF THE STATE PRISON WHERE MANY BELIEVE IT DOES NOT BELONG BUT EFFORTS TO CONSTRUCT A NEW FACILITY HAVE STALLED AND HOUSE LAWMAKERS REMOVED FROM THE STATE BUDGET 17.5 MILLION DOLLARS FOR A 60-BED FACILITY PROPOSED BY GOVERNOR CHRIS SUNUNU WE DELETED IT WITHOUT ANY PREJUDICE. WE DIDN’T WE DIDN’T THINK IT WAS A GOOD IDEA. WE DIDN’T THINK IT WAS A BAD IDEA. WE JUST THOUGHT IT WAS AN IDEA THAT WE DIDN’T KNOW. ABOUT WELL, THE BUDGET IS NOW IN SENATE HANDS. SOME STATE REPS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A MIDDLE WAY THAT WILL