CMH’s ‘revolving door’ policy slated

THE Central Mental Hospital has introduced a “revolving door” admission policy in which a patient can only be admitted if another one leaves.

SIPTU claimed that already this week, a prisoner with mental health problems could only be admitted to the hospital if another patient was returned to the prison service.

The union is now seeking an urgent meeting with junior minister John Moloney over the ongoing crisis caused by the recruitment ban.