Shortage of psychiatric nurses at 'every level' as Government accused of 'failing'

Psychiatric Nurses Association general secretary Peter Hughes said the sector was enduring a 'recruitment and retention crisis in both mental health and intellectual disability nursing'. File picture: Peter Byrne/PA Wire
A shortage of psychiatric nurses due to emigration and retirement is having an impact at "every level of mental health services".
The Psychiatric Nurses Association (PNA) said there were 700 vacancies across the country and nothing had been done to resolve this.