Health P.E.I. has failed to show it adequately informs involuntary patients in psychiatric facilities of their rights under the Mental Health Act, the province's auditor general Darren Noonan says in a new report filed Friday in the legislature.

Spurred by a complaint from a concerned citizen, the findings are part of a new performance audit report of the province's Mental Health Review Board and the rights of involuntary patients during a two-year period from 2021 to 2023.

Health P.E.I. and the …