Calls for major extension of HSE review of children's mental health care

HSE South West has pledged to review more cases before November 2022, but a solicitor representing many of the families seen by Camhs in Kerry said this should extend to 2010 "at least"

Hannah Ní Ghiolla Mhairtín of Families for Reform of Camhs said: 'As families, we are heartbroken and angry at the findings of the report into North Kerry Camhs. These are not just figures on a page.' File Picture:  Alamy

The HSE will extend a review of children’s mental health care in north Kerry to examine cases before 2022, with urgent calls for it to go as far back as 2010 and to include all of Kerry.

A “devastating” review published yesterday found that 209 children — more than half of the 374 cases examined — were at risk of harm, according to findings by Dr Colette Halpin’s team.