Mental Health Commission

‘Root and branch reform’ needed to make Camhs an attractive workplace for child psychiatry graduates

Mental Health Commission’s interim report highlights risks to safety and wellbeing of children

Mental Health Commission identifies serious risk to the safety and wellbeing of children accessing the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service

Report calls for clinical review of cases where a child has not been seen by the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services for six months or more

Psychiatrists and parents ‘frustrated and disappointed’ with youth mental health service

Numbers receiving ECT in Irish mental health centres fell slightly between 2020 and 2021, Mental Health Commission finds

Commission inspection reports cited by HSE in decision to close Owenacurra and move 19 residents to other settings considerable distances away

‘Sufficient reassurances’ that HSE will address issues at hand at St Stephen's Hospital

Court hears €1.2m to be spent on safety improvements at only acute in-patient unit in West Cork

Mental Health Commission brings HSE to court over alleged breach of registration conditions

Mental Health Commission says practice of restraint is not therapeutic had potential to cause serious harm

Residents, families and local politicians have called for mental health centre to stay open

The HSE said the Owenacurra centre in Midleton, Cork is ’not fit for purpose’

Inquiry follows report of ‘risky’ treatment of children in south Kerry

Inspectors found serious issues relating to safety were not dealt with when raised

Paul Reid says ‘absolutely not’ HSE policy to ask staff to leave after making protected disclosures

Recent revelations show ‘catastrophic failure of oversight, supervision and accountability’

With patients being massively affected, doctors are stressing need for a ‘catch-up strategy’

Butler says role ‘essential’ in driving fundamental reforms after south Kerry Cahms review

Mental Health Commission criticises missing fire door and evacuation drills at various sites

Mental Health Commission says practice still ‘relatively uncommon’ despite increase

St Stephen’s hospital operating culture reminiscent of one from ‘decades ago’ – report

‘Very concerning’ proposed legislation allows admission of children into adult facilities, committee hears

Force awaiting result of second sample taken from man, aged in his 30s, after M1 collision

New study reveals difficult conditions inside jails with little or no treatment on offer

Mentally ill prisoners ‘accumulating in jails’, Mental Health Commission says

Cork hospital did not provide accommodation that always upheld ‘dignity of residents’

While some need treatment for a physical problem, most are in the wrong place

Third of applications to have people detained under Mental Health Act came from gardaí

Findings could be ‘put in peril’ by rush to judgment by committee members, says commission head

Legislation needed to ensure buildings are fit for purpose, Mental Health Commission says

Mental Health Tribunal has not given proper reasons for detention, court told

Inspection deems facilities in Kildare and Cork unsuitable for demand

Residents in many psychiatric facilities are living in dirty, cramped rooms, report finds

Una McGurk caused controversy after speaking at anti-lockdown rally in August

Many centres yet to receive vaccination schedule from HSE, says commission

Call for national director for mental health as ‘no-one accountable’

Mental Health Commission expresses concern at ‘notable increase’ of Covid-19

Report from body states that its conclusions ‘may not accord with prevailing narrative’

Practice has ‘lasting and traumatising impact’ on patients – MHC chief executive