Galway-Roscommon TD Martin Daly is calling for action following what he describes as ‘concerning’ figures on mental health referrals.<\/p>\n
He says HSE figures – obtained through a Parliamentary Question – are raising serious questions about access to psychiatric care across Galway.<\/p>\n
Deputy Daly says more than one third of referrals to the Ballinasloe and Portumna Adult Community Mental Health Team were not accepted during the first six months of this year.<\/p>\n
The Psychiatry of Later Life service covering Roscommon and North Galway recorded a non acceptance rate of over 43%.<\/p>\n
While one fifth of referrals so far this year have not been accepted by the Tuam and Loughrea Adult Community Mental Health Team.<\/p>\n
Fianna F\u00e1il Deputy Daly says, “GPs are being left to manage conditions that they feel that they don’t have the capacity to or don’t have the resources to do.”<\/p>\n
“The question here is: do we have a functioning adult mental health service whereby over 50% of referrals from experienced GPs in the community are being rejected without a patient being assessed by a psychiatrist? And I think that that’s the real question.”<\/p>\n
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