Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 20 November 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Workforce Planning in the Mental Healthcare Sector: Discussion
Mr. John Farrelly:
Research needs to be done. The centre of our attention should be the patient or the child and mapping the services they receive. The Deputy mentioned Tusla, for example. There are some very good people working there. One can look at the National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS, and the educational services in the Department of Education and Skills. It is the idea of co-ordination. In Ireland, we always seem to think in a particular way, even in our strategic thinking. In other countries there is a trust for mental health that is as big as our mental health services. It is led that way, and then integrates. The idea of inter-sectoral and cross-sectoral approaches has always been a challenge in Ireland, but it is something that must be thought about and worked through.
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