{"id":6698,"date":"2024-07-01T12:59:14","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T11:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/?p=6698"},"modified":"2024-07-01T13:30:03","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T12:30:03","slug":"waiting-lists-for-primary-care-psychology-services-for-young-people-in-cork-kerry-are-out-of-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/waiting-lists-for-primary-care-psychology-services-for-young-people-in-cork-kerry-are-out-of-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Waiting lists for primary care psychology services for young people in Cork\/Kerry are out of control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister for Mental Health must come up with an urgent plan to address the crisis in primary care psychology services for children and adolescents in Cork and Kerry, according to Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn response to a parliamentary question I submitted, the HSE revealed that the total number of young people on the waiting list in the region now exceeds 5,000. Disgracefully, 105 of them have been waiting between four and five years for an appointment. This is absolutely scandalous.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe North Lee and South Lee services are worst affected, with waiting lists of 1,531 and 1,632 respectively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut despite spiralling waiting lists, funding allocations for Cork\/Kerry primary care psychology dropped from \u20ac2,586,829 in 2021 to \u20ac2,055,053 in 2022, only slightly rising to \u20ac2,199,414 in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is clear from these figures that waiting lists in the Cork\/Kerry area are completely out of control.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrimary care psychology services are for those with mild to moderate mental health difficulties. The fact that 105 young people in the region are waiting between four and five years for intervention is deeply shocking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need the Minister for Mental Health to take the situation in hand and devise an urgent plan to address this crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>July 1, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Budgetary allocations to primary care psychology in CHO4 <a href=\"https:\/\/socialdemocrats.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=98563bc2f53bc670a2442d07f&amp;id=d2bc5bca1e&amp;e=26fb03843d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/socialdemocrats.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D98563bc2f53bc670a2442d07f%26id%3Dd2bc5bca1e%26e%3D26fb03843d&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1719920517065000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2Rb1Vgs-WaBBeWokDiKDzn\"><u><strong>here<\/strong><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Breakdown of waiting times for Cork\/Kerry\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/socialdemocrats.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=98563bc2f53bc670a2442d07f&amp;id=f74bc72b96&amp;e=26fb03843d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/socialdemocrats.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D98563bc2f53bc670a2442d07f%26id%3Df74bc72b96%26e%3D26fb03843d&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1719920517065000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0e6HqQdamNKUBtSX8ia-sM\"><u><strong>here<\/strong><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister for Mental Health must come up with an urgent plan to address the crisis in primary care psychology services for children and adolescents in Cork and Kerry, according to Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns. \u201cIn response to a parliamentary question I submitted, the HSE revealed that the total number of young people on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2779,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,400,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-holly-cairns","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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