Consent to treatment among ‘critical risks’ at mental health facilities

Residents not being able to access their bedrooms until 10pm and concerns in relation to consent to treatment are just some of the issues raised about a number of mental health facilities.

The Mental Health Commission (MHC) published five inspection reports which highlighted two centres — St Catherine’s Ward at St Finbarr’s Hospital in Cork and Bloomfield Hospital in Dublin — which had failings deemed to be “critical risks”.