Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 11 October 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Discussion
Mark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
The report tells me, for example, that there is a 190-day wait for an appointment for deliberate self-harm. There is a 60-day wait for an appointment relating to suicidal intent. There is a 200-day wait for an appointment for suicidal ideation and it is 100 days for eating disorders. It does not add up that 94% of urgent cases are getting an appointment within three days. People who are going to CAMHS for help with these severe symptoms are not getting appointments within an appropriate time.
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