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The report for CHO 7, which serves Kildare/West Wicklow, Dublin West, Dublin South City, and Dublin Southwest, stated that “there are no electronic clinical files” when listing the challenges facing the organisation. “Due to the low number of administration posts, clinicians carry out administrative duties, reducing their clinical time with young people,” says the report. “This contributes to a reduction in clinical time available and an increase in waiting lists.
In the Galway, Roscommon and Mayo CHO, “there is a lack of a suitable IT systems and electronic files, leading to inefficiency and lack of adequate auditing”, according to the report. In Limerick, Clare and North Tipperary, there are an “an unknown number of open cases that have not been reviewed”, says the report. “The current consultant psychiatrist is currently finding and reviewing these cases and expressed concern about the timely review of medication.
Nationwide, CHOs reported problems in both recruitment and retention of staff, leading to longer waiting times and poorer access to resources for patients. In the CHO serving South-East Dublin, East Wicklow and Dún Laoghaire, “minimal action” has been taken to address staffing issues on the core Camhs team, says the report.
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