Children’s hospital care model changed

ORIGINAL plans for the manner in which care will be delivered at a new children’s hospital have been significantly changed according to the board of directors of Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin (OLCHC).

The board said it believes the experts commissioned by the Health Service Executive (HSE) to draw up a framework brief for the development of the new National Tertiary Paediatric Hospital (NTPH) are planning on splitting services over a number of sites.

This would include substantial day care and outpatient care and up to six operating theatres at two satellite facilities. A third satellite facility would provide non-consultant-led assessments and care or referral for unplanned presentations, but would not have operating theatres or dedicated diagnostic resources.