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Created: Thursday, 12 October 2017 15:19
The Psychiatric Nurses Association (PNA) said today (Thursday 12 th October) that the situation where two adults admitted to the Adult Mental Health Unit (AMHU) at University Hospital Waterford (UHW) on Tuesday (Oct. 10 th ) night had to spend the night on chairs is totally unacceptable and highlights once again the lack of adequate community mental health services in the South East.
PNA, General Secretary, Peter Hughes said accommodating patients on chairs because of the lack of beds is intolerable for patients and their families and upsetting for staff.
‘Following an incident in May when a child spent a night on a chair at the Waterford AMHU, PNA got a number of assurances from management that these situations would not be repeated. However, on Tuesday two adults had to spend the night on chairs as there were no beds to admit them to. Once again the appalling lack of investment in community mental health services is having consequences for both staff and service users at this unit which has been over capacity on nearly 20 occasions since January. Our message to management is clear - ‘This has got to stop'.'
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Created: Tuesday, 19 September 2017 12:39
The Psychiatric Nurses Association (PNA) has today (Monday 18 th September) called on the HSE to take a number of specific follow up actions in the wake of the publication two weeks ago of a damning Review of Roscommon Mental Health Services. The PNA said its' members have raised a number of serious concerns at meetings last week to consider the Review.
PNA General Secretary has now written to the HSE setting out these concerns and demanding a number of follow up actions by the HSE.
Mr Hughes said PNA has absolutely no confidence in the Implementation Group established to give effect to the Review's recommendations.
‘How can our members have confidence in an Implementation Group that includes some of the Senior Managers referenced in the Review when the report clearly states of the same Senior Managers that “leadership at a number of levels appeared to be ineffective.” , and finds they did not implement recommendations by the Mental Health Commission. In light of these findings it is inconceivable that the same managers would be part of the Implementation Group'.
PNA is now demanding that the proposed Implementation Group is:
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Created: Wednesday, 13 September 2017 11:56
NMBI Board Elections 2017
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Dear Members
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who voted in the recent NMBI Board Elections, for the PNA Candidate Mr Liam Hamill.
I am delighted to announce that Liam has been elected to the Board, your support is greatly appreciated.
Congratulations to Liam on behalf of PNA Head Office and sincere thanks to all who voted.
Kind regards
Peter Hughes
General Secretary
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Created: Wednesday, 06 September 2017 14:56
Theme: Safe Setting
Date: Thursday 10th - Saturday 12th May 2018
Venue: Nordic House, Faroe Islands
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Closing date for Abstract submission is 31th October 2017
HORATIO in collaboration with FPS is proud to announce its forthcoming Congress. The theme of this event encompasses all those things that make Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing special.
To work in a mental health setting is both an interesting and important issue. Psychiatric and mental health nurses care for the mental health of the population in Europe and all around the world. The topic "Safe Settings" of FPS and Horatio Conference is a multidimensional approach. Human beings are complex. Scarcely a living creature is as vulnerable as human beings during the first years of life. For our growth, it is important to experience safety in our living environment. Many people search in their life for safety in an unforgiving environment/setting.
Horatio invites you to join us either as a presenter or a delegate and meet with colleagues from around the world to share skills and expertise that may inspire us to develop safe settings in every environment.
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Created: Tuesday, 05 September 2017 21:00
The Psychiatric Nurses Association (PNA) said today (Tuesday, 5th September) that the publication of the HSE Review of Roscommon Mental Health Services was a shocking indictment of management of the services and the extent to which these management failings had compromised the ability of nursing staff to deliver safe standards of care.
The PNA said today’s Review pointed clearly to an emphasis by management on budgets and cost containment over delivery of properly managed services and safe standards of care. It said the finding that budgets were consistently underspent by millions of euro over a number of years highlighted the extent to which the management in Roscommon failed to understand the need for investment in services.
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