The Clare-based President of the Irish College of Psychiatrists fears those in distress aren’t getting one-to-one care because of staff shortages in mental health.
It’s after it’s emerged that less than one in ten of the mental health vacancies approved last year have been filled.
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The figures, released by the HSE show, that just 21 of the 240 staff promised from a €15 million allocation for mental health last year have been recruited.
Spanish Point psychiatrist Dr John Hillery says the existing cohort of staff, and patients, are in a difficult situation.
