Mental Health in Budget 2013

Here is Mental Health Reform’s analysis of the main points from Budget 2013 as they relate to mental health and related services and supports: Health: An additional €35 million allocated next year for mental health services. This is in addition to the €35 million allocated for 2012, some of which will have been spent in … Read more

Mental Health Reform welcomes funding for community mental health

Mental Health Reform has welcomed the commitment to community mental health in Budget 2013, including the announcement of an additional €35 million next year for the continuing development of community mental health teams and has urged the Government to fully honour this commitment in 2013. Director of Mental Health Reform Orla Barry commented: “We welcome … Read more

Mental Health Reform welcomes funding for community mental health

Mental Health Reform has welcomed the commitment to community mental health in Budget 2013, including the announcement of an additional €35 million next year for the continuing development of community mental health teams and has urged the Government to fully honour this commitment in 2013. Director of Mental Health Reform Orla Barry commented: “We welcome … Read more

E-action – two weeks and counting

It is now two weeks since we asked you to email your local TDs to urge them to check the plan for community mental health services in your area over the summer, and to ensure that the promised new staff are in place by September. So far, 425 emails have been sent to politicians all … Read more

Mental Health Reform welcomes Independent Monitoring Group’s 6th annual report on A Vision for Change

Mental Health Reform welcomes the launch today (Tuesday 17th July) of the 6th Annual Report of the Independent Monitoring Group (IMG) for A Vision for Change, which analyses progress towards the implementation of the Government’s mental health policy. Commenting on the report, Orla Barry, Director of Mental Health Reform, said: “We are now into the … Read more

“Mental health services must not be sacrificed”

Mental Health Reform’s Chairman Eddie Molloy argues in this week’s Irish Independent that mental health services must not be sacrificed to shore up the HSE deficit: “DURING a recent RTE radio programme, former supreme court judge Catherine McGuinness remarked on the report on the deaths of children in the care of the State that nearly … Read more

Mental Health Reform calls for clarification on mental health budget

Mental Health Reform is calling for clarification on the future of the mental health budget, following reports in today’s Irish Times that the €35 million earmarked for development of community mental health services could be used to shore up deficits in that area.   Director of Mental Health Reform, Orla Barry, commented on the reports, … Read more

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