Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 13 July 2023
811. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 5 of 1 June 2023, what recommendations have come out of the roundtable discussions on youth mental health; the plans to implement these recommendations; which stakeholders were involved in the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35324/23]
Amharc ar fhreagraI recently completed a series of three high-level roundtable discussions bringing together the Department of Health, the HSE, and other relevant key stakeholders to drive improvement across Youth Mental Health, including CAMHS. The purpose of the meetings was:
• -To bring together key stakeholders;
• To provide the opportunity to review CAMHS improvement progress to date and discuss next steps;
• To provide the opportunity for multi-disciplinary engagement with the view of better understanding the challenges in CAMH services and identify areas of improvement;
• To allow for high-level engagement between management, medical, and Health and Social Care professionals;
• To ensure that the focus on CAMHS improvement is moving in-step across the different areas of the HSE and Department;
• To further highlight and embed CAMHS service development and improvement within the on-going work to implement relevant recommendations in Sharing the Vision; and
• To ensure that there is cross-sectoral collaboration to deliver on audit recommendations and Sharing the Vision objectives.
The Department of Health are currently reviewing and incorporating stakeholder feedback into a final document for circulation to the National Implementation Monitoring Committee (NIMC). It is envisaged that NIMC will review feedback and align work prioritisation through the appropriate Sharing the Vision specialist groups to support service improvements in CAMHS, including Transition from CAMHS, as well as Youth Mental Health care overall.
I will also bear in mind the outcomes of the recent very constructive roundtable discussions in the context of progressing, in conjunction with the HSE, proposals for new service developments for children and young people under the Estimates process 2024.
