Mary Lou McDonald: The Sinn Féin leader reacts to the CAMHS report this week and outlines her ideas for reform of the system...
THE RECENT REPORT into the state of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services lays bare the dire state of the essential services which our children and young people should be able to rely on when they are at their most vulnerable.
Disturbing revelations The report makes for devastating and heartbreaking reading. In particular, the stories of ‘lost children’ are gravely concerning; children referred to the system for initial appointments only to never receive the follow-up appointment that they need. This is very worrying when patients need follow-up appointments to review prescriptions or monitoring of medication.
Let me be clear, the CAMHS system is staffed by many hard-working, compassionate, capable and diligent staff who want to do their very best to help patients each and every day. But they are being let down by a system which is underfunded, understaffed and badly managed. Government after government has paid lip service to the idea of reforming mental health services so that they meet patients’ needs, only for these platitudes to remain mere talk and never materialise. Patients deserve better.
Secondly, we are calling for ring-fenced funding for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services within the health budget. This will ensure that these services get the protection and priority that they have been crying out for, for so long.
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