Parents had 'lost all hope' until their child was admitted to adolescent psychiatric unit, report shows

An 11-bed ward at Linn Dara psychiatric unit in Cherry Orchard Hospital closed in May 2022 but has yet to reopen.

Parents told inspectors they had “lost all hope” for their child until they were admitted to an inpatient adolescent psychiatric unit.

They said they now had “some hope” as their child’s admission to the Linn Dara Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (Camhs) in west Dublin had made “such a difference”.