Mental health staffing falls

Staffing levels in mental health services are down nearly 11% from what they were eight years ago.

Mental health staffing falls
Fri, 31 Jan, 2014 - 00:00
Evelyn Ring

According to the operation plan for the HSE’s Mental Health Division, mental health services had 8,922 full-time staff last November, compared to 9,985 at the end of 2006.

The Vision for Change document, which is designed to map future of mental health services, recommended that staff increase to 12,240 by 2016.

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