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Shock CAMHS Report - Lack of monitoring for kids on antipsychotic meds in Kilkenny HSE area

Shocking referral wait times and staff shortages have been revealed in a Mental Health Commission report into child and adolescent mental health services in Kilkenny. The damning report was published this morning, Thursday. It also revealed that ...

31 Aug 2023 at 16:10

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CAMHS utterly failing children and young people across and Kilkenny - Funchion

Kathleen Funchion, Sinn Féin spokesperson for children and TD for Carlow Kilkenny, has called for better supports for young people and children trying to access CAMHS in Carlow and Kilkenny. Deputy Funchion was speaking on the astronomical rise ...

12 Sept 2023 at 15:00

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Kilkenny TD slams 'faceless mental health services failing children'

Speaking in the Dáil on the Mental Health Parity Bill 2017, Sinn Féin TD for Carlow-Kilkenny Kathleen Funchion said that parents find the faceless nature of accessing mental health and CAMHS (Child and Adult Mental Health Service) for children ...

03 May 2018 at 11:40

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Sinn Fein says youth mental health services ‘in crisis’

Sinn Fein has outlined a plan it says will transform child and youth mental health services out of a state of “crisis”. Health spokesman David Cullinane launched the party’s new plan on priorities for change in child and youth mental health ...

12 Jun 2023 at 18:03

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‘They should be ashamed’ - Kilkenny TD slams 'scandal' of local CAMHS

The Mental Health Commission’s report ‘is only the tip of the iceberg in terms of the problems’ with CAMHS according to one local TD. Deputy John McGuinness said that statistics and numbers hide the fact there are vulnerable people at the ...

09 Sept 2023 at 00:00

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National CAMHS audit must look beyond just medication, says ADHD Ireland

The voices of children in Ireland with ADHD must be heard in planned audit of the Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). That's according to advocacy group and national charity, ADHD Ireland, which released a statement ...

04 Feb 2022 at 18:05

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Gardai to consider investigating failings of Kerry child mental health service

Gardai are to consider whether there are grounds to begin a criminal investigation following a highly critical review of south Kerry mental health services. Earlier, Micheál Martin has said he will pursue a “non-adversarial” mechanism ...

29 Jan 2022 at 11:44

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Taoiseach demands national audit after 'shocking' child mental health services review

The findings of a review of mental health services in Co Kerry is “shocking and very serious”, the Taoiseach has said. Micheál Martin has demanded a country-wide audit of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (Camhs) teams. A ...

26 Jan 2022 at 17:37

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No child should be ‘lost’ in mental health system, says Micheal Martin

Tanaiste Micheal Martin has said the findings of a report into child mental health services in Ireland are “unacceptable”. It comes after the HSE admitted to failings with its child mental health services after an independent ...

23 Jan 2023 at 09:50

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CAMHS 'crisis' in Kilkenny; HSE have failed our young people - McGuinness

The publication of an independent report on the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in Kerry has triggered intense debate in Dáil Éireann about other CAMHS services across the country. The Kerry report ...

28 Jan 2022 at 14:08

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'Discriminatory and inequitable': Autism awareness organisation slam latest CAMHS audit

A charity has criticised the exclusion of autistic people in latest audit by the Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). AsIAm, which is headed by CEO Adam Harris, said it is 'deeply concerned' by ...

20 Jul 2022 at 12:45

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Lack of ring-fenced funding for child mental health services ‘incredible’ – TD

TDs have raised concerns that child and adolescent mental health services have to “compete” for basic funding, in the wake of a “damning” report published by the Mental Health Commission. There have been calls ...

26 Jan 2023 at 20:05

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