The Acute Mental Health Unit at Cork University Hospital has been found to have the worst level of compliance with rules, regulations and codes of practice, out of a series of reports published by the Mental Health Commission (MHC) in 2024.
The Inspector of Mental Health Services, Professor James V Lucey, has described the level of critical non-compliance as “unprecedented”.
The HSE has been warned that the MHS is considering “further enforcement action”.
Prof Lucey said it was also “deeply concerning that the approved centre was found to be in breach of a condition of registration”.
The MHC views any breach of a condition of regulation “in the most serious…