Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 March 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE

Photo of John LahartJohn Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will finish on this point because I am running out of time. What made the Maskey report on Kerry ostensibly successful was that there was a random examination that was not confined to ADHD. Notwithstanding what Dr. Maskey has recommended, that process seemed to work well, so why not start with that process across other CAMHS areas? Take a random sample of files, do not focus exclusively on the ADHD piece and see whether there were other issues like inappropriate prescribing in respect of people with, for example, eating disorders or depression. I am afraid that, if the HSE just focuses on ADHD and finds negative or unhealthy prescribing patterns in other CAMHS areas, it will just pursue the ADHD piece and may ignore all the other presenting issues.

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