Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 24 January 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care

Community Health Care Organisations: Discussion (Resumed)

1:30 pm

Dr. Brendan McCormack:

We can provide statistics on the local rates. Locally there has been an increase in suicide rates in some pockets and areas which is quite a concern. This has been a focus for the suicide resource officers as well as the local teams. Most of those cases were people who had not been in touch with the mental health services which is of particular concern.