HSE in €50m mental health standards drive

AN additional €50 million will be spent by the Health Service Executive (HSE) this year on achieving new standards of mental care published yesterday by the Mental Health Commission.

The new standards, set out in the Commission’s Quality Framework for Mental Health Services in Ireland, will mean that everyone will know what to expect from a mental health service.

The HSE, who welcomed the framework, pointed out that more than €790m would be invested in capital infrastructure in the mental health sector over the coming years.