Dr. Aileen Murtagh:

St. Patrick's is an independent, not for profit service but it is very well resourced and management is very open to listening to the needs of young people and their families are and doing its best to meet those needs. We try to collaborate with the HSE if there are service gaps or deficits. The admission of two young people to the inpatient unit was funded by the HSE in 2015, one in 2016, eight in 2017 and four so far this year. Such admissions occur when the public inpatient units are at capacity.