Children in adult mental health facilities due to shortage of beds

Children continue to be admitted to adult mental health units because of a shortage of beds in child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS).

The latest batch of inspection reports from the Mental Health Commission show children were admitted to the acute psychiatric unit at University Hospital Limerick; the Centre for Mental Health Care & Recovery, at Bantry General Hospital; Lakeview Unit, Naas General Hospital, Co Kildare, and the Ashlin Centre in Dublin.

None of these facilities has age appropriate facilities and are “not suitable for children”.