Cork mental health facility residents unhappy at lack of communication from HSE

One family claims they got a letter about their relative's placement at the end of June, their first communication from the HSE since April 2020

The HSE has said 'staff and clinicians talk directly to service users at Garnish House on a constant basis about their future plans'.

A family member of a vulnerable patient at the Garnish House mental health facility in Cork City says they have only received two communications from the HSE in the past two-and-a-half years regarding their relative’s placement.

Last week, the HSE’s chief officer for the Cork/Kerry region Michael Fitzgerald told the Public Accounts Committee that residents of Garnish House, a former B&B on the Western Road, are in “constant communication” with their clinical team regarding their placement and possible future movements.