Call to reinstate pre-pandemic day services for adults with intellectual disability

The senior medics said the have seen "negative impacts on the mental health of adults with intellectual disability and their family carers.” File picture: Pexels
The College of Psychiatrists of Ireland has written to ministers in the Department of Health urging the reinstatement of pre-pandemic day services and respite services for adults with intellectual disability.
The College said that its members have observed the negative impacts that the closure of services has had on the mental health of service users and their family carers.