National Children's Hospital is to ditch half of its private rooms for consultants

"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."

New contracts for consultant doctors triggered a change in planned use at the €2.24bn National Children's Hospital. The hospital will remove half of its paid-for and allocated private rooms designated for consultants. Eight costly private clinics had been planned and budgeted for the paediatric hospital. Under the new contractual arrangements fewer than four private clinics will be needed. The reduction affects both paid-for rooms and allocated private rooms intended for consultant use. The change reduces the number of dedicated consultant private clinics by roughly half and alters original capacity and budgeting assumptions.

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