Almost 2,700 children and young adults (2691) are waiting for an HSE appointment. The HSE figures, obtained by Fianna Fail, show include almost 400 waiting longer than 12 months. Fianna Fáil's health spokesperson, James Browne, says the State's failure to properly resource the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) will be a "stain on its legacy". “Telling GPs to refer children and young adults to Emergency Departments is wholly inappropriate. The HSE says the issue centres around their difficulty in recruiting and retaining mental health professionals.

Source: Evening echo September 08, 2018 13:07 UTC