Officials ‘misrepresented’ report on children’s hospital

Past and present government officials have been accused of misrepresenting a 2007 report on where the National Children’s Hospital should be based by wrongly claiming the structure of international facilities examined supported an “integrated” co-location site.

The New Children’s Hospital Alliance, a group of medics and parents opposed to the Mater Hospital location, has claimed the 17 facilities reviewed in the 2007 RKW report did not show the site was the best place for the facility.

This claim is in contrast to repeated public statements by senior current and former government officials.