Families unable to access specialist psychiatric service as consultant quits

Children and families seeking support for emotional, behavioural, and mental health difficulties will have no access to a specialised service for the foreseeable future in Cork North Lee, following the recent departure of a consultant psychiatrist.

The HSE wrote to GPs last week telling them that any new referrals to the North Lee North Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) team could not be taken on because “Our team’s Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist recently left the service”.