Paediatric surgeons raise ‘significant concerns’ over new hospital staffing

A view of the new National Children’s Hospital in Dublin (Brian Lawless/PA)

Paediatric surgeons have expressed “significant concerns” around staffing levels within their field in Ireland.

In a letter to the chair of the board of Children’s Health Ireland, all 12 surgeons at the department of paediatric surgery and urology across the group said there was a risk to the provision of safe and sustainable surgical services within the new Children’s Hospital.