Seanad debates
Thursday, 7 November 2002
Report of the Inspector of Mental Hospitals, 2001: Statements.
The second issue which arose is the unfortunate continuation of the inappropriateness of psychiatric hospitals as places of residence for people who suffer from various forms of intellectual disability. It is time that ended and that it was guaranteed that nobody was in a psychiatric hospital simply because there was nowhere else to put them. That is wrong for the individuals, they are not patients, and it is wrong for the service. The service will become frustrated and demoralised.
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