Ireland Falling Behind EU Counterparts On Mental Health Treatment

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Ireland Falling Behind EU Counterparts On Mental Health Treatment

Ireland is an “outlier” when it comes to psychiatric treatment compared to our EU counterparts according to the Irish Hospital Consultants Association. They say that 30% of permanent consultant psychiatrist posts are vacant while we only have 22 adult acute mental health beds per 100,000 population compared to EU mean of 70 per 100,000. To discuss further we heard from Dr Anne Doherty Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist at the Mater & Associate Professor UCD. Listen and subscribe to Newstalk Breakfast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

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Ireland Falling Behind EU Counterparts On Mental Health Treatment