Seanad debates

Thursday, 7 November 2002

Report of the Inspector of Mental Hospitals, 2001: Statements.

 

It is tremendous that we have got some acute wards going at last. I share Senator Feeney's enthusiasm for the one in Tallaght but ask what is happening in places like Beaumont. Beaumont must be nearly 20 years old yet we are still waiting for its acute ward to open. The inflexibility of staff, and others, sometimes leads to this sort of problem. In Tallaght the ward was empty for about three years while agreement was sought with psychiatric nurses. Nurses need to be more flexible.

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