Rosemary Smyth

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Prolonged stays of people experiencing mental illness in acute mental health units is having a significant impact on access to beds. Photograph: Getty Images
Community mental health supports ‘almost totally absent’ – report

An “almost total absence” of community mental health supports across the State has been criticised in a new discussion paper from the Mental Health Co(...)

“When a family member applies to have another family member involuntarily detained, it can have a lasting and sometimes negative impact on the family relationship,”says Rosemary Smyth of the Mental Health Commission.
Family involved in detention of mentally ill far too often - watchdog

Mentally ill people are being involuntarily detained on foot of applications by family members instead of HSE personnel far too often, Ireland’s ment(...)

The standards were drawn up following the chief medical officer’s 2014 report into Portlaoise Hospital Maternity Services which identified problems in the reporting of risk across the health service.
Hospitals will have to report serious incidents within 24 hours

Serious incidents in hospitals will have to be notified by law within 24 hours and a preliminary assessment will have to be completed within five work(...)