PQ 695
695. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the chairman's forward to the Mental Health Commission annual report 2013 in which he states that mental health services are designed to assist in a person’s recovery rather than simply to manage their illness; in that context, that the concept of recovery is now well understood but implementation of it is uneven; that the information provided in this report points to a serious deficiency in the development and provision of recovery-oriented mental health services; that service delivery is still largely delivered by medical, psychiatric and mental health nursing staff; that there is still a significant absence of psychology, social work, occupational, and other multidisciplinary team members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29203/14]
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695. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the chairman's forward to the Mental Health Commission annual report 2013 in which he states that mental health services are designed to assist in a person’s recovery rather than simply to manage their illness; in that context, that the concept of recovery is now well understood but implementation of it is uneven; that the information provided in this report points to a serious deficiency in the development and provision of recovery-oriented mental health services; that service delivery is still largely delivered by medical, psychiatric and mental health nursing staff; that there is still a significant absence of psychology, social work, occupational, and other multidisciplinary team members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29203/14]
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- Official source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2014-07-08/695/
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