Over 1,700 people restrained or secluded in mental health services in Ireland last year
“The fact that we are still using handcuffs to restrain people sends out all the wrong messages,” according to the Mental Health Commission.
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“The fact that we are still using handcuffs to restrain people sends out all the wrong messages,” according to the Mental Health Commission.
Two residents’ clinical files were left on the nurses’ station unattended and a filing cabinet was left unlocked.
Two sittings took place today at 9am and 11.30am.
The commission took 40 enforcement actions against 31 centres which were non-compliant last year.
There were 125 suspected or confirmed cases relating to residents and staff as of last Friday.
The absence of supports such as psychiatric intensive care units is impeding access to acute mental health beds, a new report has found.
The Jonathan Swift Clinic in Dublin was criticised by the Mental Health Commission.
A HSE official has said the situation in Waterford cannot be defended.
The Mental Health Commission found there were continuing breaches of human rights in many centres.
An inspection of 52 of these 24-hour staffed residences found 43% did not provide single room accommodation for all residents.
The solicitor was asked about her qualifications and training while representing a patient at a Mental Health tribunal.
This is according to the Mental Health Commission who are calling for a reduction in the use of restrictive practices
The details were contained in a report released by the Mental Health Commission this week.
The Mental Health Commission has said services in Ireland are “unsafe and substandard”.
Residents were unable to lock their bedroom doors in 77% of the 43 inspections.
The review of the Jonathan Swift Clinic found a number of failings.
The facility was criticised for having no input from a medical specialist or medical facility.
The Mental Health Commission released its annual report today.
A 16-year-old patient spent the night in a chair at the adult psychiatric unit last week.
The hospital’s Department of Psychiatry was also found to have ‘inadequate’ recreational activities for residents.
Seclusion is a standard practice in mental health treatments, but should be used “as a last resort only”.
Seclusion increased for the first time in six years, while the use of physical restraint increased by 8% in 2013 compared to 2012.
An inspection found a patient was not given the proper muscle relaxant before being shocked.
The breach in recommended practice took place at a hospital in Laois.
A previous report found that 25% of deaths had not been reported correctly.
There were 1,591 adult involuntary admissions last year and 541 regrades of patients.
The Psychiatric Nurses Association say that the government’s roadmap for improvements in the sector needs to be overhauled.
One in 5 children admitted to care centres are being sent to ‘inappropriate’ adult units.
A new report has found that 83 children were put into adult psychiatric units last year, despite guidelines forbidding this practice.
The structure of one ward was described as “not suitable for residents”.
A patient must consent to the treatment, but if they decide against it a decision can be overridden by two psychiatrists.
The practice has been labelled “unsatisfactory” by the Mental Health Commission.
Legislation taking effect today gives Emily Logan the power to investigate the treatment of children by a slew of new agencies.
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.
The Mental Health Commission have released reports from their unannounced visits earlier this year.
The inspection found that a lack of stimulation and therapy had led to patients engaging in “severe institutionalised and maladaptive behaviour”.
The details of an unannounced visit at the Willowbrook and Woodview units of the hospital have been published.
A 19th century asylum in Portlaoise is continuing to admit new patients despite a national policy to shut down outdated facilities.
The Mental Health Commission has criticised the use of electro-convulsive therapy on patients who are unwilling or unable to give consent.
Documents obtained by the Medical Independent show five under-17s being admitted to wards, despite a legal ban.