In relation to security matters, the Northern Area Health Board has advised that a security team is permanently in place at James Connolly Memorial Hospital, Blanchardstown. Security personnel patrol the hospital complex 24 hours a day, every day. The hospital recently appointed a full-time head of security to co-ordinate and manage security on the complex. The existing psychiatric unit is constantly monitored by the security team at the hospital and the nurses there carry personal security alarms which, when activated, alert security and the assistant director of nursing on duty.