New HSE Mid West hospital plan 'must progress without delay'

Doctors and trade unions welcome the commitment to build on the Raheen 44-acre site, and say momentum must continue now

Consultant and UHL medical board member Joe Devlin welcomed the commitment in purchasing the Raheen site. Stock picture: Dan Linehan

Pace and speed are now needed to ensure plans to build a new hospital for HSE Mid West are not delayed, doctors and trade unions have said.

A 44-acre site in the Raheen area was announced on Tuesday by health minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill.