While acknowledging there are deficits in the mental health programme, the Ministry of Health yesterday said that there had been major improvements particularly in the staffing of the National Psychiatric Hospital (NPH) and a range of other interventions have been put in place or are in the pipeline.
In a statement, the Ministry was responding to the October 27 editorial in Stabroek News entitled `Workplace mental health and safety’ and which raised concerns about shortcomings in the sector.
The statement said that the editorial ignored much of what is taking place today. As it relates to staffing of the National Psychiatric Hospital, the ministry said that steps have been taken to address the inadequacies.
