Are rural areas losing out because of the reconfiguration of emergency and acute care?

Are rural areas losing out because of the reconfiguration of emergency and acute care? We may need to reexamine how those decisions are made, writes Noel Baker.

THE Phoenix, the name of the new national children’s hospital, was selected by staff of the three existing paediatric hospitals. “What’s it got to do with the staff, what it’s called?”

John Browne, professor of epidemiology and public health at University College Cork, asks.