Mid-West Health Planning Board patients' rep questions its newly published terms of reference

Patient representative John Wall said 'we are still talking about mitigating the risks' nearly four years since the death of Aoife Johnston

John Wall, patient & service user representative on the Mid-West Health Planning Board highlighted that the promised hospital at Raheen was now being referred to as an expansion and not a hospital. Picture: Eamon Ward

The Mid-West Health Planning Board, set up in the aftermath of patient safety warnings at University Hospital Limerick (UHL), has published its terms of reference, but vague language has already led to questions about future plans for a new hospital.

Infrastructure expert Sean O’Driscoll was appointed as chairman in July, but the terms of reference were only published by the Department of Health on Thursday.