HSE promise on child services

THE HSE has said one of its priorities is to provide eight more child psychiatry teams across the country and to more than double the number of psychiatric beds available to children this year.

The body was responding to the Mental Health Commission annual report which criticised the lack of specialist teams available to children and teenagers.

The HSE said bed capacity at children’s inpatient units will be increased from 10 to 12 by year end.