Founded in 1857, St Vincent’s Hospital, Fairview is a public voluntary psychiatric hospital that works in partnership with the Health Service Executive to provide psychiatric care to the population of Dublin North Central. St Vincent’s Hospital, Fairview delivers inpatient, outpatient, and day healthcare to the local catchment area of some 130,000 people, which includes the population of large areas of the north inner city where psychosocial challenges arise from high levels of unemployment, homelessness, mobile populations, substance abuse, and reported crime. The hospital employs eight consultant-led teams: five general adult sector teams; one rehabilitation team; one team specialising in psychiatry of old age; one day hospital team.