{
  "id": 7847738,
  "title": "WA cuts children’s mental health beds despite strain on system",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/wa-cuts-childrens-mental-health-beds-despite-strain-on-system",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-16T19:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
    "slug": "the-sydney-morning-herald",
    "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/national/western-australia/wa-cuts-children-s-mental-health-beds-despite-strain-on-system-20260916-p60xy1.html?ref=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Western Australia will cut the number of inpatient mental health beds for children despite years of warnings that the state’s mental health system for young people is struggling to keep up.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "WA cuts children’s mental health beds despite strain on system",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/wa-cuts-childrens-mental-health-beds-despite-strain-on-system-7848067",
        "published": "2026-09-16T19:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}