Psychiatrists want patients and staff 'immediately' included in Covid vaccination rollout

The College of Psychiatrists of Ireland has called for the 'immediate inclusion' of psychiatric hospitals in the vaccination programme.

The country’s psychiatrists are calling for patients and staff in psychiatric hospitals to be “immediately” included in Ireland's Covid-19 vaccination programme.

The College of Psychiatrists of Ireland (CPI) also said the inability of the Central Mental Hospital (CMH) to take in new patients — as highlighted in a court case this week — was the result of underfunding in the psychiatric services and weak State governance.