These are our ten recommendations to Government ahead of Budget 2015: bit.ly/MHRBudget2015 - Watch this space for a public campaign starting in mid-August until Budget Day in mid-October! 1. Allocation of an additional €50 million for mental health services in 2015 for community mental health services as promised by the Minister of State responsible for mental health, Kathleen Lynch, TD, to be used in part to ensure that a 24/7 crisis intervention service is available in every area of the country, including: o Allocation of innovation funding to invest in implementing the recovery ethos and employ Peer Support Workers in the HSE’s mental health services. o Allocation of funding for mental health services for homeless people. 2. Ensuring that the 2014 allocation of €20 million is spent during this year on service improvements for mental health. 3. Ensure that the Mental Health Commission is adequately staffed to fulfil its functions, including multidisciplinary inspection and the promotion of good quality mental health services. 4. Extend free primary care to all people who require long-term mental health treatment. 5. Extend the Counselling in Primary Care service to meet the needs of more people. 6. Continue to fund the national roll-out of Suicide Crisis Assessment Nurses in primary care, and liaison nurses in A&E units. 7. Provision in Budget 2015 to fund a pilot of the Individual Placement and Support model of supported employment. 8. The Department of Environment, Community and Local Government should provide funding in Budget 2015 for an additional forty individuals to transition from HSE supported accommodation into mainstream housing in the community. 9. Provision of a dedicated funding stream for social support to individuals with a mental health difficulty who require this support to access and maintain accommodation. 10. The SOLAS training allowance should be reinstated in Budget 2015 to ensure that people who avail of training courses can meet the costs of attending training.
Posted on: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 12:44:23 +0000
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