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#MentalHealthDay: No access to mental health rehabilitation teams in North Tipp

#MentalHealthDay: No access to mental health rehabilitation teams in North Tipp

North Tipperary does not have a mental health rehabilitation team, along with Donegal and Wicklow.

A 13-year-old government mental health policy recommended that 48 teams are needed across the country, but a new report from Mental Health Commission says half of the population do not have access to a team.

Today there are 23, with none in Donegal, Wicklow or North Tipperary.

CEO of the Commission John Farrelly says even where there are services, they are not well staffed.

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He said: "In Galway there are two teams, but it's a very large area in terms of both urban and rural but the teams are poorly staffed.

"In Mayo, the team only covers the Castlebar area, leaving a large part of the county without a rehabilitation service."

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