Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 June 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

National Children's Hospital: Discussion

Ms Eilísh Hardiman:

I assure the Deputy that the vast majority of the services in the children's hospital are clinical-based. That is without a doubt. Since we are co-locating on the campus with St. James's Hospital, we are also looking at this from a campus perspective. We are looking at shared services with St. James's, which will be important. For example, there will only be one distribution centre for the whole of the campus. We take a broader view on this than just CHI. We are considering with St. James's how to can combine all of the support services into one distribution hub. That is our plan. It is intricate and requires negotiation.