Three mental health units saw a 'disheartening' fall in compliance with standards 

One of the three centres highlighted is the acute mental health unit at CUH which saw a drop in compliance rate from 94% in 2021 to 79% last year. Stock picture

The Mental Health Commission has found 20 areas of non-compliance with standards across three in-patient units, including the acute mental health unit at CUH.

Overall they found compliance rates fell collectively by 35% at this unit, St Loman’s Hospital in Westmeath, and the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (Camhs) unit on the campus of Merlin Park University Hospital in Galway.