Sir, – In order to highlight the need for acute psychiatric beds it may be useful to compare it to the more predictable need for maternity beds.
People experiencing an acute episode of psychotic illness cannot wait.
Failure to immediately admit a patient in need can have immediate and tragic consequences. Resources must be found to recruit and maintain the necessary skill base to develop and maintain a primary mental health treatment fit for the 21st century and comparable to other developed nations. – Yours, etc,
BRIAN McNULTY,
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Corbally,
Limerick.