Scandal in child mental health service linked to 'institutional misogyny'

A former principal social worker in Camhs claims that institutional misogyny could have played a role in why warnings about a lack of clinical governance were not properly addressed.

A former principal social worker in the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (Camhs) has queried why repeated warnings about a lack of clinical governance in the service were not properly addressed, suggesting it could be due to "institutional misogyny".

The comments are made by Joan Cronin, who currently lectures in social work in the School of Applied Social Studies in University College Cork but who worked as a principal social worker and family therapist in Camhs from 2000 to 2016.