Psychiatric nurses want clarity on Ballinasloe ward

It follows the announcement that the existing unit at St.Brigids in Ballinasloe will cease to provide acute inpatient beds from the end of this year.The HSE says the facility will instead be used to provide enhanced community-based mental health care.The reconfiguration is part of a review which will see 35 acute inpatient beds maintained in the city and 22 such beds in Roscommon.