The Midland Health Board is responsible for the delivery of mental health services in its functional area which includes the counties of Westmeath and Longford.
In line with the implementation of the recommendations of Planning for the Future, the board hopes to open a high support hostel in Edgeworthstown, County Longford, to coincide with the opening of another high support hostel in Mullingar, County Westmeath. These facilities, which are expected to open within the next few months, will serve the needs of psychiatric patients currently residing in St. Loman's Hospital, Mullingar, but whose needs can be more appropriately met in a community-based setting.