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	Podcast:		Checkpoint
	Episode:		Failings found in Canterbury's mental health service after two women killed
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:03:46
	Publish Date:		2025-08-12 05:24:00
	Description:		Critical staff shortages, an unsafe work environment and failures of leadership are among the findings of a review into Canterbury's mental health service. Mental health director, Dr John Crawshaw, began his report after Hillmorton patient Zakariye Hussein murdered Laisa Waka Tu-ni-dau in 2022 as she walked home from work in Christchurch. In October last year - while the review was underway - another Hillmorton mental health patient, Elliott Cameron, murdered 83-year-old Faye Phelps at her home. Rachel Graham reports.
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