€70,000 health board report a waste, says doctor

A CONSULTANT psychiatrist has described a €70,000 mental health strategy report for the largest health board region in the country as “an undergraduate dissertation that was put together in a rush”.

The Eastern Regional Health Authority Mental Health Strategy is also “expensive, unfocused embarrassment,” according to consultant psychiatrist Dr Siobhán Barry.

Dr Barry, who is the elected representative of psychiatrists on the ERHA, slated the report at a recent meeting of the board and in a lengthy interview with the Irish Medical News.