Calls for minister to intervene as 11 beds close in a Dublin CAMHS unit

Published: May 23, 2022, 7:42 a.m.

b"11 out 23 beds at the Linn Dara Unit for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Dublin\\xa0have been required to close due to what the HSE has described as staff shortages.\\nThe General Secretary of the Psychiatric Nurses Association, \\u202fPeter Hughes has written to Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly calling on him to intervene on the matter and Peter joined Shane on the show this morning.\\nListen and subscribe to Newstalk Breakfast\\xa0on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\nDownload, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.\\n\\xa0\\xa0 \\nYou can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.\\n\\n "