Let’s get it right on children’s hospital

The hysteria which has greeted the planning decision on the National Children’s Hospital, places us all in danger of a knee-jerk populist and partisan reaction leading to decisions as flawed as those which have got us “here” on this issue.

What we need are calm and cool heads and a joint, non-adversarial approach by all stakeholders.

We need prudent planning of the necessary expenditure, which is likely to be considerable at a time when, quite correctly, the Government says it has to watch every penny.