11 CAMHS beds closed due to staff shortages, HSE confirms

The Psychiatric Nurses Association has condemned the closure of 11 of the 23 beds at the Linn Dara Child and Adolescent Mental Health Unit in West Dublin.

A specialist inpatient unit for children with complex, and often life-threatening, mental illnesses will be operating at half capacity for at least the next five months because of a staffing crisis.

The Psychiatric Nurses Association (PNA) has condemned the closure of 11 of the 23 beds at the Linn Dara Child and Adolescent Mental Health Unit in West Dublin.