Roscommon mental health services slammed

Bad behaviour was normalised and then perpetrated by staff across Roscommon mental health services, a damning report has found.

Wed, 06 Sep, 2017 - 01:00

Conall Ó Fátharta and James Fogarty

The 44-page HSE report, which was carried out by experts from the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust in Northern Ireland, was commissioned following allegations of improper sexual contacts at a facility in the county.

It found that mental health services were marked by “control negativity and a culture of blame”.

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Courts Place: Roscommon Place: Northern Ireland Place: Britain Person: Tony Canavan Person: Canavan Event: Mid-Staffordshire hospital scandal Organisation: Roscommon Mental Health Services Organisation: HSE Organisation: South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust Organisation: NHS Organisation: Roscommon Organisation: Psychiatric Nurses Association Organisation: PNA

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