HSE say they are not aware of a patient not being offered admission to the Department of Psychiatry in Kilkenny due to overcrowding

The HSE say they are not aware of a patient not being offered admission to the Department of Psychiatry in Kilkenny due to overcrowding.

It comes after a person contacted KCLR last week to say they knew someone who had been turned away due to ‘overcrowding’

In a statement to KCLR news, they say adult in-patient services are provided at the Department of Psychiatry unit – which operates on a 24 hour basis.

Access to these services is by referral from their GP or St Luke’s Hospital for Carlow/Kilkenny.

It follows the Minister for Mental Health’s announcement that there will be more investment in local mental Health Services.

Helen McEntee was in Kilkenny for the launch of the Memory Matter report surveying the care of 68 dementia patients and their families in the Carlow and Kilkenny area.