Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 11 October 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Discussion
Mr. David Walsh:
The review points out certain inconsistencies which we recognise in relation to the clinical director structure and things like that. We absolutely recognise governance gaps because of the IT deficits. To reassure ourselves as regards our performance, we also conducted some of the audits we referenced regarding prescribing, and compliance with our own guidelines and we got some reassurance from that. However, we recognise the Mental Health Commission has pointed out certain obvious things we were definitely aware of anyway and these things form part of our plans in terms of trying to address them. I certainly do not doubt what it said in its review.
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