Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The programme for Government promised additional resources for mental health services. It also contained a commitment to undertake a full review of the mental health strategy, A Vision for Change. However, this appears to have been taken off the agenda. Almost 1,000 nurses will leave the health service this year, including a substantial number in the mental health service. The Government must deliver on its promise by addressing the current crisis. What happened to the review of A Vision for Change? Will this issue be addressed in the health reform Bill? Will the public service recruitment embargo be lifted not only in mental health services but also across the health service to address the serious shortage of nurses?

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