Capacity issues at psychiatric centre in Mayo General Hospital
The centre, which has 32 beds, has a “significant difficulty” with over-capacity, according to inspectors from the Mental Health Commission, who carried out an unannounced inspection of the premises last October.
The executive clinical director said the focus of the service was not to refuse anyone who needed to be admitted. This problem was compounded by admitting people from the emergency department immediately the decision to admit is made.
