Mental health report warns of gap between public and private standards

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Response to problems at HSE facilities is ‘inadequate’, Mental Health Commission says

Private providers tend to have higher overall compliance rates with commission standards than HSE-run mental health facilities, according to the report.Mental health facilities run by the Health Service Executive are lagging behind independent and private providers in standards of care, an oversight body has warned.

MHC chief executive John Farrelly said that, while there had been investment in premises, the current approach to improvements in HSE centres is “inadequate”. This compared to 82 per cent in the CHO Area 4 consisting of the counties of Kerry, North Cork, North Lee, South Lee and West Cork. Mr Farrell praised improvements in the CHO5 area. “Some years ago that area was in trouble but they invested in new buildings, they invested in their governance and management structure. The chief officer there pulled special teams together to bring the whole place up and it worked. So you would have to beg the question then if it can happen in one CHO area why can’t it happen in the other.”

 

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