HSE to conduct major 'lookback' review of Camhs mental health cases in North Kerry

A HSE spokesperson said its audit team have already raised potential concerns in 16 of the 50 files reviewed thus far

The announcement of a lookback review comes almost a year after the publication of the Maskey Report and on the same day as a highly critical interim report by the Mental Health Commission was published into its own review of half the CHOs in which Camhs operates across the country. File Picture

The HSE will now conduct a lookback review in North Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (Camhs), similar to the review which resulted in the Maskey Report in South Kerry a year ago, amid potential concerns in 16 of 50 files already analysed.

Cork Kerry Community Healthcare today confirmed that a lookback review will take place, having received a final report last Saturday from the team of Camhs consultants who have been carrying out a random file audit at North Kerry Camhs.