Hospital board refuses to release outside review

The National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (NPHDB) has refused to release a report it commissioned when the cost of building the new children’s hospital shot up and external experts were asked to assess if they were “overdesigning”.

UK-based consulting engineers DSSR were called in when it became apparent in 2018 that the extent of mechanical and electrical services the new hospital would require had been severely underestimated.