Children’s hospital plan ‘must proceed’

THE redevelopment of Crumlin Children's Hospital needs to proceed as soon as humanly possible, a parents' lobby group said last night after reports of an alternative to the Department of Health’s plan emerged.

The New Crumlin Hospital Group was responding to reports yesterday that a private consortium was finalising a proposal to redevelop the hospital on a greenfield site.

The department is already in the process of drawing up its own outline for the rebuilding of the hospital in its current location.