'If this is happening to my mother, it is everyone': Fears for patient safety at mental health unit

Mental Health Commission have inspectors downgraded the compliance rating of the centre to just 61% from 79% in 2020

The acute mental health unit is in the grounds of Cork University Hospital and under the responsibility of HSE South West. Picture: Dan Linehan

The daughter of an elderly patient in a Cork mental health unit has said she is fearful for her mother’s safety and was not surprised by a scathing report on it this week.

Susie Keane’s concerns comes as Mental Health Commission (MHC) inspectors downgraded the compliance rating of the centre to just 61% from 79% in 2020.