Staff concerns over cut in psychiatric services

Staff at a Cork psychiatric hospital are to hold a meeting on Tuesday to discuss their response to a cut to services.

A delegation from Siptu and the Psychiatric Nurses Association yesterday met with Minister for Mental Health Kathleen Lynch at her Cork office to outline their concerns following the reconfiguration of wards at St Stephen’s Hospital in Glanmire.

Staff at the hospital held a protest outside its grounds on Wednesday, and claim that the HSE has reneged on an agreement to keep staff in the locality following the reconfiguration of services.