Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 November 2016

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare

Health Service Reform: Hospital Groups

9:00 am

Photo of Róisín ShortallRóisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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It strikes me as if there is a perverse incentive. If hospitals are under pressure, then they have little choice but to maximise their income from private patients. That is not what public hospitals should be doing.