'We can now undeniably say that there are four key areas where standards are simply unacceptable,' said the MHC chief executive.
THE MENTAL HEALTH Commission has warned that HSE mental health centres must improve compliance in four key areas or they face being de-registered as approved centres.The four key areas where improvement is needed by some providers is risk management, individual care planning, staffing, and premises.
He said that while there is “clear clinical leadership” in some centres, in others “the basic concept of care planning does not seem to have been understood or appreciated”. The lowest levels of compliance were found regarding premises, with just 27.3% of centres being compliant. MHC chief executive John Farrelly said: “Many of our premises are simply not fit-for-purpose for a modern mental health service and this is something that we have been saying for many years and will continue to do until things change.
Farrelly added: “We would expect that the HSE concentrate first on the centres that have low standards in care planning and premises.
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