Public mental health services must improve compliance, report findsSome 2,000 people are living in large mental health institutions, despite pledges in the 1980s to close congregated settings. The Inspector of Mental Health Services, Dr Susan Finnerty, found some residents sharing rooms, toilets and dining facilities. The annual report of the Mental Health Commission has warned that public mental health services must improve compliance in four key areas or face a real risk of being removed from the register of approved centres. Last year, 498 deaths of people using mental health services were reported, including 147 in approved centres. Twenty children were admitted to adult mental health units, the lowest figure ever recorded.

Source: Irish Independent June 09, 2023 18:36 UTC