Maternity choice group calls for protection of private care

The group — Our Maternity Choice Ireland — was formed in the wake of a sudden focus on the provision of public or private maternity care amid Sláintecare reforms. Picture: iStock

A group of mothers and mothers-to-be have called for private maternity care to be protected, saying women’s voices have been left out of the debate so far.

They have called on health minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill to act, saying plans to phase out private care from HSE hospitals were not discussed with the public.