The Department of Health has failed in alone of its key goals to deliver CAMHS services with nearly 600 children waiting over a year for a first appointment and indications that 2023 will be considerably worst .
The HSE have created a service review merry go round for clients with autism who are approved for the appointment of a Case Manager sine 2021 by instructing day care services staff to carry out reviews of their service needs while the HSE fail to hire Case Managers as a direct result of their struggling HR system resulting in no appropriate interventions and service provision taking place .
I have been a TD since 2020 and I have been deeply struck by the lack of services and the pace of delivery for children with autism , although there has been considerable progress there is clearly more to do and significantly more to do on the provision of therapeutic services .
