Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 9 May 2023

Joint Committee On Health

Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Conor Boksberger:

There is something about specific care planning for individual young people, which means ensuring that people have an individualised plan, it is not one-size-fits-all, services are not working in silos or at cross-purposes, everyone has awareness and there is open communication with clear and transparent consent.

We should ensure that when a young person who might be engaging with a range of services comes in, those services are working together to meet the individual needs and are not doubling up, duplicating and creating gaps in the services. If there is a need for transition between services, that should happen seamlessly and without fall-offs when they finish with one service and have to wait for another service. We can bridge those gaps. We have plenty of examples of good individual cases in different communities of services working well together. Something a bit more consistent across the country is needed, which can draw from-----