Seanad debates
Thursday, 7 November 2002
Report of the Inspector of Mental Hospitals, 2001: Statements.
The Minister mentioned liaison psychiatry which is important. We must get it going, particularly in accident and emergency units, an area that seems to be forgotten. Seriously ill patients often come into accident and emergency units. It is difficult to deal with them there and to transfer them on to somewhere else without psychiatric help. Efforts are being made to deal with the homeless and another consultant psychiatrist has been appointed in the Dublin area to give help.
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