Secret plan to manage hospital fallout made last August
Efforts to clampdown on and control negative publicity around the spiralling costs of the National Children’s Hospital began last August, when the scale of the overrun became apparent to those responsible for delivering it.
In addition to those close to the project being asked to sign a confidentiality agreement, different scenarios for controlling the bad news about the hospital overspend were war-gamed with public relations firm Q4PR.
