Almost 150 Midlands Children Waiting For Community Psychology Services

There's a big variation in waiting lists across the country.

144 children in the midlands have been waiting for three months or more for community psychology services.

According to the HSE, seven children are waiting over nine months to be seen in Laois-Offaly, while that's five in Longford-Westmeath.

There's a big variation in waiting lists across the country - with up on 800 children waiting more than a year in both north Dublin and Galway.

Mark Smyth, the president of the Psychological Society of Ireland, says staff shortages are a big part of the problem. 

The Irish Medical Organisation is calling on the HSE to urgently address the long waiting lists for children's psychology services. 

Dr Madeleine Ni Dhalaigh, from the IMO's GP committee, says kids are suffering as a result of the waiting times. 

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