Mental Health Commission

The Covid-19 testing strategy in the State’s mental health facilities is “inconsistent and untimely”, while dormitory-style accommodation was a factor(...)

Mental health services across the State have been urged to show they can identify and manage risks related to the progression of Covid-19, the chief e(...)

A senior counsel appointed to the Mental Health Tribunal, which decides on the detention of mentally ill patients, is facing scrutiny over her appeara(...)

When a father testifies in court that no bed was available in a psychiatric unit for his mentally ill 15-year-old son, who then went on to try to murd(...)

Urgent action is needed to prepare for a possible second wave of coronavirus infections in mental health residential settings, the chief executive of (...)

Ireland is facing a “tsunami” of mental health problems due to the coronavirus pandemic, with early indications showing an increase in suicide and sel(...)

Months into this crisis, continuing delays around the testing and contract tracing processes threaten to derail the planned loosening up of restrictio(...)

The Mental Health Commission (MHC) has criticised “unacceptable” delays in Covid-19 testing of staff in mental health units. The commission says ther(...)

The Mental Health Commission is concerned about “significant inconsistencies” in the application of guidance relating to the testing of mental health (...)

The Government has fast-tracked the opening of the new Central Mental Hospital in north Dublin to allow for the isolation of patients displaying Covid(...)