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

11 out 23 beds at the Linn Dara Unit for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Dublin have been required to close due to what the HSE has described as staff shortages. The General Secretary of the Psychiatric Nurses Association, Peter Hughes...

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07.42 23 May 2022


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


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07.42 23 May 2022


11 out 23 beds at the Linn Dara Unit for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Dublin have been required to close due to what the HSE has described as staff shortages.

The General Secretary of the Psychiatric Nurses Association,  Peter 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.

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