Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 13 June 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care
Mental Health Services Staff: Discussion
1:30 pm
Mr. Peter Hughes:
There could be elements of trying to save money, which would be false economy because if there is a risk assessment, the person, ultimately, has to be passed. In the higher level positions, if a senior nurse leaves, he or she will be replaced from a panel. If somebody from the same service replaces that person, there is a domino effect that could result in it taking a couple of years to fill the post of the staff nurse, the front-line person-----