# mental-health-commission - Thursday 1 July, 2021
# Mental Health
# Mental Health
2020 figures show that, for the first time, the highest number of applications to involuntarily detain mental health patients came from gardaí.
# mental-health-commission - Friday 18 December, 2020
# Mental Health
# Mental Health
“The fact that we are still using handcuffs to restrain people sends out all the wrong messages,” according to the Mental Health Commission .
# mental-health-commission - Wednesday 28 October, 2020
# INspections
# INspections
Two residents’ clinical files were left on the nurses’ station unattended and a filing cabinet was left unlocked.
# mental-health-commission - Tuesday 14 July, 2020
# Covid Committee
# Covid Committee
Two sittings took place today at 9am and 11.30am.
# mental-health-commission - Thursday 2 July, 2020
# Mental Health Commission
# Mental Health Commission
The commission took 40 enforcement actions against 31 centres which were non-compliant last year.
# mental-health-commission - Tuesday 26 May, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
There were 125 suspected or confirmed cases relating to residents and staff as of last Friday.
# mental-health-commission - Wednesday 19 February, 2020
# Vision For Change
# Vision For Change
The absence of supports such as psychiatric intensive care units is impeding access to acute mental health beds, a new report has found.
# mental-health-commission - Monday 6 January, 2020
# Inspection
# Inspection
The Jonathan Swift Clinic in Dublin was criticised by the Mental Health Commission .
# mental-health-commission - Friday 1 November, 2019
# Mental Health
# Mental Health
A HSE official has said the situation in Waterford cannot be defended.
# mental-health-commission - Thursday 25 July, 2019
# Mental Health Commission
# Mental Health Commission
The Mental Health Commission found there were continuing breaches of human rights in many centres.
# Human Rights
# Human Rights
An inspection of 52 of these 24-hour staffed residences found 43% did not provide single room accommodation for all residents.
# mental-health-commission - Friday 9 November, 2018
# Mental Health Commission
# Mental Health Commission
The solicitor was asked about her qualifications and training while representing a patient at a Mental Health tribunal.
# mental-health-commission - Friday 19 October, 2018
# Mental Health Commission
# Mental Health Commission
This is according to the Mental Health Commission who are calling for a reduction in the use of restrictive practices
# mental-health-commission - Saturday 25 August, 2018
# Mental Health
# Mental Health
The details were contained in a report released by the Mental Health Commission this week.
# mental-health-commission - Wednesday 25 July, 2018
# Call For Reform
# Call For Reform
The Mental Health Commission has said services in Ireland are “unsafe and substandard”.
# mental-health-commission - Friday 20 April, 2018
# INspections
# INspections
Residents were unable to lock their bedroom doors in 77% of the 43 inspections.
# mental-health-commission - Saturday 2 September, 2017
# Mental Health
# Mental Health
The review of the Jonathan Swift Clinic found a number of failings.
# mental-health-commission - Friday 1 September, 2017
# Anorexia
# Anorexia
The facility was criticised for having no input from a medical specialist or medical facility.
# mental-health-commission - Friday 7 July, 2017
# Mental Health Commission
# Mental Health Commission
The Mental Health Commission released its annual report today.
# mental-health-commission - Monday 8 May, 2017
# Overcrowding
# Overcrowding
A 16-year-old patient spent the night in a chair at the adult psychiatric unit last week.
# mental-health-commission - Friday 14 October, 2016
# Mental Health Commission
# Mental Health Commission
The hospital’s Department of Psychiatry was also found to have ‘inadequate’ recreational activities for residents.
# mental-health-commission - Friday 10 June, 2016
# Portlaoise
# Portlaoise
Seclusion is a standard practice in mental health treatments, but should be used “as a last resort only”.
# mental-health-commission - Thursday 12 November, 2015
# Mental Health Commission
# Mental Health Commission
Seclusion increased for the first time in six years, while the use of physical restraint increased by 8% in 2013 compared to 2012.
# mental-health-commission - Friday 20 February, 2015
# Psychiatric Unit
# Psychiatric Unit
An inspection found a patient was not given the proper muscle relaxant before being shocked.
# mental-health-commission - Friday 10 October, 2014
# Mental Health
# Mental Health
The breach in recommended practice took place at a hospital in Laois.
# mental-health-commission - Tuesday 30 September, 2014
# Causes
# Causes
A previous report found that 25% of deaths had not been reported correctly.
# mental-health-commission - Thursday 26 June, 2014
# Mental Health
# Mental Health
There were 1,591 adult involuntary admissions last year and 541 regrades of patients.
# mental-health-commission - Wednesday 25 June, 2014
# PNA
# PNA
The Psychiatric Nurses Association say that the government’s roadmap for improvements in the sector needs to be overhauled.
# Annual Report
# Annual Report
One in 5 children admitted to care centres are being sent to ‘inappropriate’ adult units.
# mental-health-commission - Sunday 22 June, 2014
# Mental Health
# Mental Health
A new report has found that 83 children were put into adult psychiatric units last year, despite guidelines forbidding this practice.
# mental-health-commission - Wednesday 23 April, 2014
# Care
# Care
The structure of one ward was described as “not suitable for residents”.
# mental-health-commission - Thursday 13 June, 2013
# ECT
# ECT
A patient must consent to the treatment, but if they decide against it a decision can be overridden by two psychiatrists.
# Mental Health
# Mental Health
The practice has been labelled “unsatisfactory” by the Mental Health Commission .
# mental-health-commission - Tuesday 30 April, 2013
# Ombudsman
# Ombudsman
Legislation taking effect today gives Emily Logan the power to investigate the treatment of children by a slew of new agencies.
# mental-health-commission - Tuesday 12 March, 2013
# Mental Health
# Mental Health
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.
# mental-health-commission - Friday 23 November, 2012
# Mental Health
# Mental Health
The Mental Health Commission have released reports from their unannounced visits earlier this year.
# Mental Health
# Mental Health
The inspection found that a lack of stimulation and therapy had led to patients engaging in “severe institutionalised and maladaptive behaviour”.
# Mental Health
# Mental Health
The details of an unannounced visit at the Willowbrook and Woodview units of the hospital have been published.
# mental-health-commission - Sunday 12 August, 2012
# Mental Health
# Mental Health
A 19th century asylum in Portlaoise is continuing to admit new patients despite a national policy to shut down outdated facilities.
# mental-health-commission - Wednesday 4 April, 2012
# Mental Health
# Mental Health
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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