Dr. Brendan Doody:

The average length of stay in inpatient CAMHS units is about 40 days. That will vary. For some young people it is shorter and for others, depending on the reason for their admission, it can be much longer. In the Linn Dara inpatient unit we have now moved to facilitating visits twice weekly. Again, that takes restrictions to minimise the risk of Covid-19 into account.

As we open up visiting, it is also important to manage the risk of introducing Covid into the inpatient setting. It is a balance between managing that risk and at the same time facilitating very important contact young people have with their family.