HSE Dublin South East Media Statement
6 February 2025
The HSE are continuing to work with people who use mental health services and with their family members, carers and supporters and are facilitating engagement forums in Co. Kilkenny.
The local forums are a resource for service users and family members, carers and supporters to voice their experiences, raise issues and be consulted and involved in mental health services developments in their area.
The HSE’s Area Lead for Mental Health Engagement and recovery Paul Fallon is encouraging people to participate:
“The HSE wants to hear from people throughout Co. Kilkenny as to how we can further develop mechanisms for engagement of service users, their family members and carers - and to allow for their involvement in the planning, design, implementation and evaluation of mental health services.”
“The mental health forums, taking place in the HSE’s Kilkenny Involvement Centre, are established to bring together the experiences of people who access/have accessed the mental health services, their family members and supporters and also people who work in the mental health services. Together we can discuss challenges and successes and input to continued service developments. Meetings are monthly and last for 60 to 90 minutes.”
Details on how to register for and access the meetings are available by contacting the office of the Area Lead for Mental Health Engagement and Recovery, Phone: 086 781 2951 or Email: SEMHForum@hse.ie.
Taking place on the second Wednesday of each month at 2pm, the upcoming programme of forum meetings in Kilkenny are:
Kilkenny Involvement Centre, Colliers Lane, Kilkenny (R95 EC8E)
- Wednesday 12 February, 2pm
- Wednesday 12 March, 2pm
- Wednesday 9 April, 2pm
- Wednesday 14 May, 2pm
- Wednesday 11 June, 2pm
- Wednesday 9 July, 2pm
- Wednesday 13 August, 2pm
- Wednesday 10 September, 2pm
- Wednesday 8 October, 2pm
- Wednesday 12 November, 2pm
- Wednesday 10 December, 2pm
Last updated on: 06 / 02 / 2025
