Ireland’s mental health service suffering from deficits

The country’s “bleeding” mental health services are severely under-resourced and significantly under-staffed, making it harder for people to access treatment, according to a new report by Mental Health Reform (MHR).

The research deals with the Government’s mental health policy A Vision for Change which was published nine years ago and investigates the extent to which the aims set out in the policy have been realised.

It found the policy “incomplete and uneven” despite “pockets of innovation”.