Recurring concern
Private mental-health providers failing to obtain relevant clinical information
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Request correctionFirst reported 26 Feb 2019•Latest report 24 Jul 2019
What this concern includes
Includes failures by private mental-health providers to seek, obtain, review or use relevant patient or referring-service information needed for safe mental-health assessment and therapy, including medication prescribing, treatment history and previously expressed suicidal ideation.
Not included
- Excludes generic clinical-record availability or inter-provider communication failures where private mental-health-provider information gathering is not the deficient process.
- Excludes failures in clinical assessment or therapy after relevant information was reliably obtained and available.
- Excludes routine patient-information requests unrelated to mental-health treatment, medication effects or safety risks.
- Excludes public-sector mental-health providers unless the assertion explicitly concerns the same private-provider information-gathering process.
- Reports
- 2
- Individual concerns
- 2
- Date range
- 2019–2019
- Stated actions
- 0
Distinct published reports
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Reports over time
Reports about this concern issued each year.
* 2026 is projected from reports observed to 7 Sep 2026.
Most frequent recipients
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Concerns and responses across reports
Only concerns grouped under this recurring concern are included. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.
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Concerns raised1
Failure of private providers to obtain relevant clinical information from referring services
This report raised 10 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Responses linked to these concernsEach statement is shown once, even when linked to more than one concern.
No linked response statementsNo respondent-stated action or position is linked to these concerns in the published data.
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Concerns raised1
Failure of private therapists to obtain information about mental health medication prescribing and its impact on therapy
This report raised 2 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Responses linked to these concernsEach statement is shown once, even when linked to more than one concern.
No linked response statementsNo respondent-stated action or position is linked to these concerns in the published data.
Data last updated 7 September 2026