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I am a UK-trained Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist who spoke up about unsafe care affecting vulnerable children.
Those concerns were later validated—but the personal cost was profound.
After years of professional fallout, I am now rebuilding my life and working to return to practice.
What happened:
In 2020–2021, while working in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in Ireland, I raised concerns about unsafe prescribing practices and systemic failures affecting vulnerable children.
Those concerns were subsequently validated at a national level.
In the years that followed, I experienced professional isolation, prolonged regulatory processes, and extended periods without stable employment.
Alongside this, I navigated significant personal challenges, including trauma and homelessness.
Despite this, I have complied fully with every professional requirement placed upon me.
I have now undergone multiple independent psychiatric assessments commissioned by both the Irish Medical Council and the General Medical Council.
These assessments have consistently found no clinical basis to restrict my ability to practise safely and independently.
I am currently awaiting final regulatory decisions.
Why I am asking for help:
I am working to rebuild stability—both personally and professionally—after several years of disruption.
This includes:
- Securing stable housing
- Covering basic living costs during this transition
- Re-establishing my ability to practise medicine independently
- Laying the foundations for a future service for children and families
My longer-term goal is to create an accessible, ethical, high-quality child mental health service, particularly for families who struggle to access care.
Why this matters beyond me:
This is not only a personal story.
It reflects a wider reality:
That speaking up for patient safety can carry serious personal consequences— and that those consequences can outlast the original wrongdoing.
How your support helps:
Your support will help me regain stability, return to practice, and continue contributing to children’s mental health care with integrity.
It will also send a broader message: That doing the right thing should not come at the cost of losing everything.
Thank you for reading—and for any support you are able to offer.
Maya
Those concerns were later validated—but the personal cost was profound.
After years of professional fallout, I am now rebuilding my life and working to return to practice.
What happened:
In 2020–2021, while working in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in Ireland, I raised concerns about unsafe prescribing practices and systemic failures affecting vulnerable children.
Those concerns were subsequently validated at a national level.
In the years that followed, I experienced professional isolation, prolonged regulatory processes, and extended periods without stable employment.
Alongside this, I navigated significant personal challenges, including trauma and homelessness.
Despite this, I have complied fully with every professional requirement placed upon me.
I have now undergone multiple independent psychiatric assessments commissioned by both the Irish Medical Council and the General Medical Council.
These assessments have consistently found no clinical basis to restrict my ability to practise safely and independently.
I am currently awaiting final regulatory decisions.
Why I am asking for help:
I am working to rebuild stability—both personally and professionally—after several years of disruption.
This includes:
- Securing stable housing
- Covering basic living costs during this transition
- Re-establishing my ability to practise medicine independently
- Laying the foundations for a future service for children and families
My longer-term goal is to create an accessible, ethical, high-quality child mental health service, particularly for families who struggle to access care.
Why this matters beyond me:
This is not only a personal story.
It reflects a wider reality:
That speaking up for patient safety can carry serious personal consequences— and that those consequences can outlast the original wrongdoing.
How your support helps:
Your support will help me regain stability, return to practice, and continue contributing to children’s mental health care with integrity.
It will also send a broader message: That doing the right thing should not come at the cost of losing everything.
Thank you for reading—and for any support you are able to offer.
Maya