A mother has accused the health service of failing children with mental health issues and said efforts to get her autistic son the care were met with “comp...
“[We encountered] just complete obstruction,” she said.
“There is just no accessing them, so when Harrison was five years old, he was referred to Temple Street Private Psychiatrist. “From there, the psychiatrist worked with us but was also aware that he needed a multidisciplinary approach - which can only be found in a HSE multi-system area, such as CAMHS.”
The family moved to Wexford when Harrison was five years old and GPs in the county have sent four referrals to CAMHS - all of which described his care needs as ‘urgent’.“We were referred to a paediatrician in Wexford General. When we waited for that appointment, we asked him would his referral hold more weight to get us into CAMHS?Ms Dore-Geraghty said the family reached out to private psychiatrists in Ireland but were “getting nowhere”.
“[He is] completely ignoring and leaving mothers and fathers and siblings abandoned with children with severe mental disabilities and severe developmental issues,” she said.“He is leaving the most vulnerable and the most in need neglected.”
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