Warning over narrowing of HSE audit of child mental health services 

Chair of the Mental Health Commission says he has misgivings about audit that is supposed to gauge whether problems uncovered in the South Kerry CAMHS scandal are replicated elsewhere

The HSE has said it will begin its audit by focussing on CAMHS cases involving young people with ADHD, before potentially broadening the scope of the audit later on.

The HSE risk failing to uncover widespread malpractice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services because it has narrowed the scope of a national audit of the services.

That's according to the chair of the Mental Health Commission John Saunders who says he has serious misgivings about the audit which is supposed to gauge whether problems uncovered in the South Kerry CAMHS scandal are replicated elsewhere.