Mental Health Commission

Four bedrooms at an acute psychiatric unit in University Hospital Limerick did not have adequate screening or curtains to ensure residents’ “privacy a(...)

Just 6 per cent of mental health units were compliant with staffing regulations last year and an increasing number of children are being placed in uni(...)

Imagine the desperation of being the mother of a 10-year-old boy who “wants to be dead” every single day of his life. Or having to sleep next to your (...)

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(...)