Dr. Amanda Burke:

Galway-Roscommon is one unit and we call it CAMHS Connect. It was innovative in that the hub is actually in Castlerea in Roscommon, which is not traditionally where we would put a hub. Normally, we put hubs in our cities, but Castlerea is working very well for us because geographically we can reach into Mayo, which we cover as well, and that provides a service there. We are trying to get into these geographically disparate areas. I do not want to give the impression a hub is just all e-mental health. A hub is a hybrid model. It takes young people where they are located. If they need to be seen in the home, then they need to be seen there. They can be seen on site or they can use a hybrid model with telepsychiatry as well. It give me great flexibility with the staff in my particular area because the consultant can see young people in Galway but they are also available on site in Castlerea, so there is that cross-cover if there is an emergency situation. There is great flexibility in that for us.