Community hospital board meet to discuss future

THE board of an under-threat community hospital is due to meet this morning to discuss its future.

It follows a crucial meeting yesterday between representatives of Cobh Community Hospital, in Co Cork, which provides long-term care to more than 30 elderly people, and officials from the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF), which is now responsible for most of its funding.

A spokesperson said there would be no public comment until after the meeting.