Over 300 children in southwest waiting more than a year for access to mental health service

Over 300 children in the southwest are waiting longer than a year to be seen by the mental health service.

That’s according to data from the HSE, released to Social Democrats TD Pádraig Rice, who’s from Camp.

As of the end of January, over 1,000 young people in Kerry and Cork were waiting to be seen by CAMHS, the child and adolescent mental health service.

328 of them are waiting over a year for access to CAMHS in Kerry and Cork, while 339 have been waiting between six and twelve months.

183 young people are waiting between three and six months to be seen, and 235 have been waiting for fewer than three months.