Nurses call for Dáil inquiry into ‘disastrous’ new psychiatric unit
The Psychiatric Nurses Association (PNA) is refusing to operate the Acute Psychiatric Unit at James Connolly Memorial Hospital, Dublin, saying it poses dangers to patients and staff.
PNA general secretary Des Kavanagh will tell the association's annual conference today: "It is no exaggeration to describe this unit as a disaster, to say it is the worst ever provided to the psychiatric services, to declare that it is unsafe for staff, compromises patient care and raises the distinct possibility that patients will refuse to go there." He will call on the Dáil Public Accounts Committee to investigate the building of the unit and the people responsible.
