Mental health service improvements explained

MORE than 250 mental health professionals gathered yesterday to be told of the major improvements needed under the Government’s new policy document.

The State has pledged €950 million in funding over the next seven years for mental health services.

Held at the Rochestown Park Hotel in Cork, the meeting was to discuss the Department of Health and Children’s document A Vision for Change, which was adopted by the Health Service Executive (HSE) earlier this year as the blueprint for the development of mental health policy in Ireland.