Galway-Roscommon TD Martin Daly is calling for action following what he describes as ‘concerning’ figures on mental health referrals.
He says HSE figures – obtained through a Parliamentary Question – are raising serious questions about access to psychiatric care across Galway.
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.
The Psychiatry of Later Life service covering Roscommon and North Galway recorded a non acceptance rate of over 43%.
While one fifth of referrals so far this year have not been accepted by the Tuam and Loughrea Adult Community Mental Health Team.
Fianna Fáil 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 re
“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.”
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