Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 26 April 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health
Mr. Damien McCallion:
There is, and that is important. The Deputy might remember a meeting of the subcommittee on mental health to discuss child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS. One of the criticisms was consistent application of that policy. It is a constant process to reinforce and ensure the policy is being implemented in a consistent way. Equally important, and crucial in an emergency department, is to ensure risk is managed on an hour-by-hour and day-by-day basis because it does vary in terms of the pressures that can come onto a site. People must have an awareness of the escalation policy to which Dr. Henry referred and the steps they need to take. That brings us back to consideration of best practice in respect of how people respond to those sorts of pressures.
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