Report on mental health services ‘a wake-up call’

Mental health campaigners have said the latest critical report on the state of services should act as a wake-up call to government.

The reports, by the Mental Health Commission and the Inspector of Mental Health Services, sharply criticised services around the country and highlighted concerns about access to the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) and about unregulated supervision at 24-hour centres.

Senator Joan Freeman, who founded Pieta House, said the report findings were “shocking, but not surprising”.