Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 February 2025
861. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the specific policy and procedure that apply to the discharge of patients by taxi from the psychiatry unit at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and if the policy is adhered to in circumstances (details supplied). [7320/25]
Amharc ar fhreagra862. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health if he will review a policy and procedure specifically concerning the psychiatric unit at Drogheda Hospital (details supplied) and provide a report on this review. [7321/25]
Amharc ar fhreagra863. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health to clarify the policy in the psychiatry unit at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda specifically concerning communication with inpatients during their stay and the role of the key nurse assigned daily to a patient; if their role is solely confined to the distribution of medications; and if not, if it is to care for each patient as an individual and their specific care needs. [7322/25]
Amharc ar fhreagra864. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the staffing vacancies with the psychiatry unit at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda and the way this impacts on numbers of inpatients that the unit can care for. [7323/25]
Amharc ar fhreagra865. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health to issue a review on the practices within the psychiatry unit at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda when an individual arrives seeking urgent treatment during a mental health crisis; and the actions that are taken to care for each individual to engage with and ensure that they do not leave the unit without being assessed by a suitably qualified person. [7324/25]
Amharc ar fhreagra866. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the policy within psychiatry unit at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda when a person who has presented looking for help and treatment during a mental health crisis leaves and sadly dies by suicide; if it is practice that an automatic review into the case occurs; if so, the duration of that review; and if not, the reason. [7325/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 861 to 866, inclusive, together.
As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly as soon as possible.
