Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 10 March 2022

Public Accounts Committee

Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020

9:30 am

Mr. Paul Reid:

I will make a couple of points and then ask my colleague, Ms O'Connor, to comment. First, on the checks and balances at consultant and doctor level, there is data oversight, not just in CAMHS and mental health services but across all health services, and performance discussions happen in terms of correct application of people's skill or specialty. We value that oversight process all across the health service and it is put in place on a regular basis. Indeed, decisions by a senior consultant-----