Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 16 November 2021
Joint Committee On Health
General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Mental Health Commission
Dr. Susan Finnerty:
The decision is made by the consultant psychiatrist with responsibility for the patient, who will do an assessment of capacity and, if he or she feels the person needs ECT as an emergency, contact another consultant psychiatrist to see whether the person is lacking in capacity and whether the person needs ECT. There is a form they have to fill out. There is an opinion of two consultant psychiatrists.
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