Tag: intellectual disability
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Temporary Consultant – Old Age Psychiatry
Please note that this job is NOT approved as a College recognised training post at this time. Temporary Consultant – Old Age Psychiatry Wexford MHS, South Easy Community Health Care Job Posted: Thursday, 5 January 2023 Deadline: 5PM Friday, 20 January 2023 Job Specification available on www.HSE.ie Job Website Competition Reference: WEXPOA2023 Eligibility Criteria:…
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Consultant – Mental Health and Intellectual Disability
Please note that this job is NOT approved as a College recognised training post at this time. Consultant – Mental Health and Intellectual Disability HSE Dublin Central Adult MHS Job Posted: Thursday, 5 January 2023 Deadline: Friday, 20 January 2023 This post is one of a three consultant MHID team based in Kilnamanagh Primary…
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Press Statement: College warns of ‘profound issues‘ with services for adults with intellectual disability around the country.
The below CPsychI press statement was published on 4 November 2022. Read in full below or via PDF here. College warns of ‘profound issues‘ with services for adults with intellectual disability around the country. The Chair of the Faculty of Psychiatry of Learning Disability of the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland has said there are…
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Irish Times: ‘If a person in custody does not understand their rights, this is arguably a barrier to equal access to justice’
New research lead by consultant forensic psychiatrist Professor Gautam Gulati, which “identified a need to provide information to people with intellectual disabilities in an appropriate format”, has lead to an innovation in the form of an ERNR, or easy-to-read Note of Rights. Read the article in full on the Irish Times website here, or read…
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Irish Times: Care for those with intellectual disabilities
Dr Mary Kelly, Consultant Psychiatrist in Intellectual Disability and Dr Maria Dunne, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, this week wrote to The Irish Times to highlight the continuing closure of respite and day services for people with intellectual disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Unable to access these vital programmes, and without their normal routines and social…