Child’s letter to judge ensures psychiatrist for care units

A psychiatrist is to attend three units for children detained in secure care after a child’s letter to a judge prompted a High Court review.

The one-day-a-week service was agreed between child and family agency Tusla and the Health Service Executive (HSE) and was approved by the judge earlier this month.

She spent several months inquiring into psychiatric services provision after taking the child’s letter as a letter of complaint.