Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 November 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution

Risks to Mental Health: Dr. Anthony McCarthy, National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street

1:30 pm

Dr. Anthony McCarthy:

The Deputy should see the perinatal mental health strategy, which is about to be published by the HSE. I could be here all day discussing this. It will be attached to the national maternity strategy. If its recommendations come true, we will have mother and baby units around the country. We will have psychiatric services, not just involving psychiatrists, but also psychologists, social workers and occupational therapists. We will have teams in maternity hospitals, which would be good.