Private hospital contract ‘bad deal’ for taxpayers, consultant says

Dr Crochan O’Sullivan, of the Bons Secour hospital in Cork City, said the deal agreed with Health Minister Simon Harris is not good value for money.

A consultant working in the private sector has claimed that the Government’s proposed public contract for private doctors is a “bad deal” for taxpayers.

Dr Crochan O’Sullivan, consultant cardiologist at the Bons Secour private hospital in Cork City, said the deal agreed a number of weeks ago is not good value for money.