Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 28161-26
Deputy O'Flynn asked about the estimated unmet demand for suicide crisis assessment nurse services. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and public affairs
Published: April 2026
Updated: May 2026
Documents
Question from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 28161-26
PDF, 167KB, 2 pages
Summary
To ask the Minister for Health the estimated unmet demand for suicide crisis assessment nurse services, including the number of patients diverted to emergency departments or community mental health teams due to lack of SCAN capacity.
This is a beta version - your feedback will help us to improve it