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HSE to wind down St. Brigids pyschiatric unit in Ballinasloe
Galway Bay fm newsroom – St. Brigids pyschiatric unit in Ballinasloe will no longer provide acute inpatient beds from the end of this year.
The decision to close the beds is part of a review carried out by specialists in Mental Health Services.
The reconfiguration will see 35 acute inpatient beds maintained in the city and 22 such beds in Roscommon.
An additional 15 new beds in the new acute mental health unit in Galway will include beds for eating disorders, psychiatry of later life and mental health intellectual disability.
The HSE West says the existing unit in Ballinasloe will cease to provide acute inpatient beds from the end of 2013 but will provide enhanced community based mental health care.
An additional 15 new beds in the new acute mental health unit in Galway will include beds for eating disorders, psychiatry of later life and mental health intellectual disability.
The HSE adds that there will be no impact for current inpatients in Ballinasloe as the bed reduction will take place on a phased basis.
Ballinasloe Area Cllr Tim Broderick says the decision to wind it down will be fought.