67 children put in adult psychiatric wards: HSE

SIXTY-SEVEN children have been admitted to adult psychiatric wards in the first half of this year, the HSE has revealed.

The news comes as it was also revealed that two newly opened child and adolescent mental health units are having to operate waiting lists due to capacity issues.

Both the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Inpatient Unit that opened in Bessboro, Blackrock, Cork, which opened in March, and the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Inpatient Unit at Merlin Park, Galway, which opened in January, have been fully occupied.