Labour Relations Commission head to chair maternity hospital row talks
Health Minister Simon Harris convened a meeting yesterday in Government Buildings with bosses from both hospitals. The meeting was arranged in a bid to resolve the bitter dispute between the two sides, which has threatened to derail the development of the new National Maternity Hospital on the St Vincent’s campus.
In recent weeks, a dispute over governance structures after the NMH’s planned move from Holles St to the St Vincent’s campus has delayed the lodging of a planning application for the €150m project. The NMH wants to retain a separate board and an obstetrician/master as chief executive. St Vincent’s wants both hospitals run by the same board, on which the maternity hospital would have two seats.
