# mental-health-commission - Friday 9 November, 2018
The solicitor was asked about her qualifications and training while representing a patient at a Mental Health tribunal.
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# mental-health-commission - Friday 19 October, 2018
This is according to the Mental Health Commission who are calling for a reduction in the use of restrictive practices
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# mental-health-commission - Saturday 25 August, 2018
The details were contained in a report released by the Mental Health Commission this week.
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# mental-health-commission - Wednesday 25 July, 2018
The Mental Health Commission has said services in Ireland are “unsafe and substandard”.
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# mental-health-commission - Friday 20 April, 2018
Residents were unable to lock their bedroom doors in 77% of the 43 inspections.
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# mental-health-commission - Saturday 2 September, 2017
The review of the Jonathan Swift Clinic found a number of failings.
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# mental-health-commission - Friday 1 September, 2017
The facility was criticised for having no input from a medical specialist or medical facility.
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# mental-health-commission - Friday 7 July, 2017
The Mental Health Commission released its annual report today.
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# mental-health-commission - Monday 8 May, 2017
A 16-year-old patient spent the night in a chair at the adult psychiatric unit last week.
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# mental-health-commission - Friday 14 October, 2016
The hospital’s Department of Psychiatry was also found to have ‘inadequate’ recreational activities for residents.
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# mental-health-commission - Friday 10 June, 2016
Seclusion is a standard practice in mental health treatments, but should be used “as a last resort only”.
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# mental-health-commission - Thursday 12 November, 2015
Seclusion increased for the first time in six years, while the use of physical restraint increased by 8% in 2013 compared to 2012.
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# mental-health-commission - Friday 20 February, 2015
An inspection found a patient was not given the proper muscle relaxant before being shocked.
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# mental-health-commission - Friday 10 October, 2014
The breach in recommended practice took place at a hospital in Laois.
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# mental-health-commission - Tuesday 30 September, 2014
A previous report found that 25% of deaths had not been reported correctly.
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# mental-health-commission - Thursday 26 June, 2014
There were 1,591 adult involuntary admissions last year and 541 regrades of patients.
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# mental-health-commission - Wednesday 25 June, 2014
The Psychiatric Nurses Association say that the government’s roadmap for improvements in the sector needs to be overhauled.
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One in 5 children admitted to care centres are being sent to ‘inappropriate’ adult units.
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# mental-health-commission - Sunday 22 June, 2014
A new report has found that 83 children were put into adult psychiatric units last year, despite guidelines forbidding this practice.
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# mental-health-commission - Wednesday 23 April, 2014
The structure of one ward was described as “not suitable for residents”.
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# mental-health-commission - Thursday 13 June, 2013
A patient must consent to the treatment, but if they decide against it a decision can be overridden by two psychiatrists.
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The practice has been labelled “unsatisfactory” by the Mental Health Commission.
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# mental-health-commission - Tuesday 30 April, 2013
Legislation taking effect today gives Emily Logan the power to investigate the treatment of children by a slew of new agencies.
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# mental-health-commission - Tuesday 12 March, 2013
The Mental Health Commission has called for a review into the treatment that John Butler received in the months before he took the lives of his two daughters along with his own.
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# mental-health-commission - Friday 23 November, 2012
The Mental Health Commission have released reports from their unannounced visits earlier this year.
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The inspection found that a lack of stimulation and therapy had led to patients engaging in “severe institutionalised and maladaptive behaviour”.
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The details of an unannounced visit at the Willowbrook and Woodview units of the hospital have been published.
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# mental-health-commission - Sunday 12 August, 2012
A 19th century asylum in Portlaoise is continuing to admit new patients despite a national policy to shut down outdated facilities.
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# mental-health-commission - Wednesday 4 April, 2012
The Mental Health Commission has criticised the use of electro-convulsive therapy on patients who are unwilling or unable to give consent.
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# mental-health-commission - Thursday 19 May, 2011
Documents obtained by the Medical Independent show five under-17s being admitted to wards, despite a legal ban.
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# mental-health-commission - Tuesday 21 December, 2010
Report commissioned by the Mental Health Commission shows lack of out of hours services for young people means children under 16 are being admitted to adult mental health units.
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