HSE needs to use 'all available capacity' in private hospitals, Donnelly says

Stephen Donnelly: Acknowledged the 'important contribution' of private hospitals and their staff during the battle against Covid.

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has said that the health service should be using all of the available capacity that the private hospital sector can provide to tackle the strains of Covid-19 and high waiting lists.

The health minister was the keynote speaker this morning at the conference of the Private Hospitals Association in Dublin.