'Critical need' for staffing plan for  children's hospital intensive care units  

A year before the children's hospital opens, there is a hike in numbers of sick children. Picture: NCH

A staffing plan for intensive care units at the new children’s hospital is urgently needed, with only a year to the expected opening and a steep increase in the number of sick children, a new audit advises.

The Irish Paediatric Critical Care Audit National Report also says the HSE should open more children’s high-dependency care units outside of Dublin.