Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 14 December 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care

Mental Health Services: Discussion

10:00 am

Dr. John O'Brien:

Apropos the capacity side of things, it is actually more pressing even than the information committee members have before them. Some 15% of GPs are over the age of 65 and 25% are over the age of 60 years. We have a demographic cliff looming ahead. Much of what we are talking about today is urgent. We cannot simply continue talking like this. It is urgent.

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