Inpatient psychiatric care is now only reserved for those most 'seriously ill'.
Ireland's mental health services are struggling due to a lack of resources.
The Irish Hospital Consultants Association says there were 4,000 acute mental health beds in 2005, but it's dropped to just 1,000.
Dr Anne Doherty, a leading consultant psychiatrist has described Ireland's resource-scarce mental health services as an “outlier” and “very much behind” the rest of Europe, an issue that has been compounded by the Covid-19 pandemic. #CareCantWait @DonnellyStephen pic.twitter.com/rdzhepiGmZ
— IHCA (@IHCA_IE) May 10, 2021
It says inpatient psychiatric care is now only reserved for those most 'seriously ill'.
Consultant in Liaison Psychiatry at the Mater Hospital in Dublin, Anne Doherty says this is having knock on effects on other therapy:
Anne Doherty says more people are in distress due to the pandemic:
IHCA Statement: Ireland an outlier with 30% of consultant psychiatrist posts unfilled and a third the avg EU number of acute MH beds. Action is needed to recruit additional consultants @DonnellyStephen @MaryButlerTD @davidcullinane @MHReform #Carecantwait https://t.co/xygArWbVzT
— IHCA (@IHCA_IE) May 10, 2021
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