The Public Accounts Committee urges the Department of Health to give 'greater priority' to mental health.
GettyStormont's Department of Health has been urged to give "greater priority to mental health services in Northern Ireland" by an assembly committee.The move followed the committee's inquiry into mental health services, which arose from aThe Department of Health has told BBC News NI that it "acknowledges the NIAO's report and fully agrees that mental health services require additional funding".
The Ulster University academic said that this was despite "greater needs here because our mental health difficulties are more significant as a result of the conflict". It has also been requested to identify "key gaps in mental health services", including regional disparities across Northern Ireland and "urgently implements planned regional crisis services".
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