HSE assessing arrangement with private hospitals

The HSE’s national director of acute operations, Liam Woods, has said that the current arrangement between the HSE and private hospitals which is due to expire in August, is being assessed.

Mr Woods told RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland that while the HSE was alert to the fact that the expected surge of Covid-19 cases had been managed to date, he was anxious that would remain the case, but the risk of a surge at some date still remained.