€20m to be spent in updating mental health services

HEALTH Service Executive boss Prof Brendan Drumm has confirmed the health authority is to spend €20 million on modernising mental health services in south Tipperary.

Prof Drumm said the investment programme in the region was part of the HSE’s plan to invest an estimated €500m in mental services over the next five years and reflected huge improvements made across the country.

It is planned to close the old, inappropriate long-stay facilities at St Luke’s campus and relocate more than 100 residents to modern community-based settings by the end of next year.