Mental Health Commission

A survey which found that half of the State’s vulnerable adults have been abused or seen somebody close to them abused is deeply shocking. The Red C s(...)

A public awareness campaign on abuse of vulnerable adults is to begin following a survey which found that half of the State’s vulnerable Irish adults (...)

Patients at a psychiatric unit in Co Roscommon had to keep their clothes in plastic bags due to a lack of storage space, and had to use pens to jimmy (...)

Residents were not adequately protected from peer-to-peer abuse at a psychiatric facility in Castlebar, Co Mayo, according to an inspectors’ report. (...)

High-risk practices were identified in the areas of medication management, privacy and consent to treatment during a recent inspection of psychiatric (...)

A woman resident in the psychiatric unit of University Hospital Waterford was accommodated for six days in an open area with no privacy, according to (...)

Jazz Pharmaceuticals is to lease about 4,088sq m (44,000sq ft) of grade A office space at a rent of about €516.66 per square metre (€48 per square foo(...)

The Government says it will significantly strengthen protections for patients who are detained against their will in mental health institutions. The (...)

The father of a young man committed to psychiatric care against his will last month has appealed for his release. Peter (not his real name) says his (...)

Lawyers, psychiatrists and lay people have been paid more than €42 million for reviewing decisions to involuntarily detain mental health patients in h(...)