Jean Lennane papers, ca. 1981-1991

MLMSS 8931

fonds

ca. 1981-1991

Textual Records, Clippings, Ephemera

72947

3.25 metres of textual material (19 boxes)

Dr Jean Lennane was born in New Zealand, where she gained her medical degree and qualified as a physician. She then went to England to complete her training as a psychiatrist. In 1980 she was employed by the Central Sydney Area Health Service as Director of Drug and Alcohol Services at Rozelle Hospital. In 1990 she was dismissed after publicly criticising cuts to mental health and drug and alcohol services in the public health system. She went into private practice and became National President of Whistleblowers Australia.

References:

Compiled from the collection
Battered Plaintiffs - injuries from hired guns and compliant courts
Jean Lennane, http://www.uow.edu.au/~bmartin/dissent/documents/Lennane_battered.html
(accessed 30/04/2013)

Dr Jean Lennane papers, printed material and ephemera, mainly concerning her work as the Director of Drug and Alcohol Services, Rozelle Hospital, and her involvement with the Public Medical Officers Association and the Mort Bay Action Group. The collection includes correspondence, notes, minutes, research and reports, photocopies of journal articles etc., newscuttings, newsletters, flyers, brochures, and information leaflets, ca. 1981-1991

BOX 1
Papers, including correspondence, minutes, notes, photocopies of reports, newscuttings, etc., relating to Lennane’s correspondence with the Central Sydney Area Health Service, 1990; patient services and the proposed changes to Rozelle Hospital, including the proposed closure of the McKinnon Unit; 1989-1991; and the Central Sydney Health Service Committee on Alcohol Related Brain Damage Services, 1989-1991

BOX 2
Papers, including correspondence, minutes, notes, photocopies of reports, newscuttings, etc., concerning the proposed Alcohol Related Brain Damage (ARBD) unit at Western Suburbs, Balmain or Canterbury hospitals, 1982-1984; Wards 3 and 5, Rozelle Hospital, ca. 1986-1990; general information on alcoholism and ARBD, ca. 1988-1990; and the Regional Drug and Alcohol Advisory Committee, 1986-1987

BOX 3
Papers, including correspondence, minutes and photocopies of reports, concerning drug and alcohol rehabilitation, ca. 1988-1990; Southern Metropolitan Mental Health Service Corporate Executive Committee, 1987-1988; Rozelle/Gladesville Hospitals Drug and Alcohol Services Advisory Committee, 1981-1982; and the Southern Metropolitan Regional Drug and Alcohol Committee, 1981-1982

BOX 4
Papers including correspondence, minutes, financial reports, notes, etc. relating to the Public Medical Officers Association, Rozelle/Gladesville Branch 1986-1990, and New South Wales PMOA, 1989-1990

BOXES 5-6
Papers including correspondence, minutes, financial reports, notes, etc. concerning the Public Medical Officers Association, 1978-1990; the Southern Metropolitan Mental Health Service (The Rozelle and Gladesville Hospital), 1987-1990; and Medical Officers staff meetings, 1986-1988

BOX 7
Papers including correspondence, minutes, notes, etc. concerning the Richmond Report, ca. 1984-1988; Schedule V hospital closures, ca. 1987-1988; Alcohol Related Brain Damage services for NMHR, ca. 1985; photocopies of research reports of the Planning, Evaluation and Development Unit, Northern Metropolitan Region, Dept. of Health, N.S.W., ca. 1985; and newscuttings relating to mental health services, 1985-1988

BOX 8
Papers including correspondence, minutes, notes, etc. concerning Wards 3 and 5 and the McKinnon Unit, Rozelle Hospital ca. 1982-1985; minutes of ABDA (Alcohol-related Brain Damage Association), ca.1985-1989; and general information, reports and research notes on Alcohol Related Brain Damage and mental health services, 1987-1989

BOX 9
Papers including correspondence, minutes, notes, newscuttings, etc. concerning Wards 4 and 2; Rozelle Hospital, ca. 1980-1981; Regional Brain Damage Unit, 1984; Southern Metropolitan Health Regional Drug and Alcohol Advisory Committee, 1984; Rozelle-Gladesville Hospitals, 1984; and women and prescribed drugs, ca. 1985-1987

BOX 10
Papers including correspondence, minutes, notes, newscuttings, etc. concerning the Southern Metropolitan Health Regional Drug and Alcohol Advisory Committee, 1986; the future of Ward 5, Rozelle Hospital, 1983; Western Suburbs Drug and Alcohol Unit, 1981-1982

BOX 11
Papers including correspondence, minutes, notes, newscuttings, etc. concerning guardianship legislation and the Mental Health Act, 1989-1990, and the Ministerial Implementation Committee on Mental Health and Developmental Disability, 1988-1989

BOX 12
Papers including correspondence, notes, reports, etc. concerning the Ministerial Implementation Committee on Mental Health and Developmental Disability, 1988-1989; dual diagnosis: mental health and substance abuse, 1988-1989; and the Inebriates Act and guardianship, 1989

BOX 13
Papers, including correspondence, notes, reports, etc. concerning the Mental Health Act and Mental Health Advocacy Service, 1988-1989

BOXES 14 -15
Papers and printed material, including correspondence, notes, newsletters and newscuttings, brochures etc., concerning Residents for Environmental Protection, the Mort Bay Action Group, and the Mort Bay Development, 1985-1989

BOX 16
Papers and printed material, including correspondence, notes, newsletters and newscuttings, brochures etc., concerning the Mort Bay Action Group, and the Mort Bay Development, 1989-1991; and miscellaneous material relating to environmental campaigns, 1989-1991

BOX 17
Papers and printed material, including correspondence, notes, newsletters and newscuttings, etc., concerning Residents for Environmental Protection, 1985-1988

BOX 18
Miscellaneous papers relating to environmental issues including correspondence, notes, newsletters and newscuttings, etc., 1988-1991

BOX 19
Papers including correspondence, notes, photocopies of reports and media releases, newscuttings etc., concerning Rozelle Hospital social workers, psychiatrists and team leaders, 1982-1984; ‘Doctors dispute’, 1984-1985; material relating to Health administration, 1982-1983; Legionnaires Disease, 1984; and 6 exercise books containing handwritten diary entries, 1985-1988

Restricted: Restriction to be reviewed in 2020

Copyright status:: In copyright - This collection has multiple rights owners
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder

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