Ms Hannah N? Ghiolla Mhairt?n:

We referred earlier to the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland. It is very much saying we now need to be recruiting the child psychiatrists of the future. It is not going to happen by chance. Those psychiatrists are only going to come in if the service is reformed and the supports are there for them. The level of burnout among staff working in CAMHS is extremely high. They are trying to fill the gaps of a failing system. They cannot individually do that. They need the supports. Some of the other issues they have raised are promotion opportunities and ways to keep them retained. We would be calling for the support of the reforms they are calling for. We might not be experts in that area ourselves. We were warned that by speaking out against CAMHS, we could have a negative impact and might put more people off coming into CAMHS. At the same time, the issues with CAMHS have been in place for at least a decade and nothing has happened. We need to speak out about CAMHS but also advocate for our families and for staff members because we are all being failed.