Change in planned use was triggered by new contracts for consultant doctors
Professor Shane Higgins, Master of the National Maternity Hospital. Photo: Mark Condren
The new €2.24bn National Children’s Hospital is set to ditch half of its paid-for and allocated private rooms for consultants, the Irish Independent can reveal.
Eight costly private clinics were planned and budgeted for in the paediatric hospital, but fewer than four will be needed.