Ulster Herald Advertisement ‘Action, not delay’ required over mental health unit Posted: 7:00 pm April 29, 2021 By Alan Rodgers A LACK of funding has resulted in plans for a proposed new £25 million acute mental health unit at Omagh Hospital having to be ‘temporarily’ shelved. The new unit, which is estimated to cost in the region of £25 million, is being seen as vital to address what is expected to be a sharp rise in mental health issues after the coronavirus pandemic. It is earmarked to include a 26-bed acute mental health unit, with six integrated psychiatric intensive care beds and a therapy day centre, an eight-bed alcohol and drug treatment unit and a 20-bed unit to facilitate Older People’s Mental Health, Dementia and a therapeutic hub.