Profits at company behind Blackrock Clinic fall

An increase in medical inflation last year marginally reduced pre-tax profits at the company behind Dublin-based private hospital, the Blackrock Clinic, to €13.1m.

However, newly-filed accounts for Blackrock Hospital Ltd — which covers the clinic and subsidiary companies — show an 8% rise in revenue, to €111.4m.

“There was a strong increase in in-patient and one-day care activity during the year following the creation of additional capacity, as part of the hospital’s expansion and refurbishment programme,” the company’s directors said in the accounts.