Dr. Matthew Sadlier:

On Sláintecare and the movement of the mental health services community, every year large numbers of people are referred to mental health services but their problem is a physical health problem, such as hyperthyroidism and so on. The move of mental health services to the community has to be done in tandem with movement of information systems from hospitals to the communities. In a service in which I worked previously, which was based in a community centre, we had to wait for blood results to be posted to us. It is important that there is the highest level of computerisation associated with the movement of health services to the community.