Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 12 June 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
National Children's Hospital: Discussion
Ms Tracey Conroy:
There has, necessarily, been significant focus on this capital project over recent years, following the planning failure at the Mater Hospital site. Ms Hardiman and Dr. Curtis have spoken about the national paediatric model of care, which will radically transform paediatric healthcare in the country, and using the wonderful capital project as a lever to drive that reform. The opportunity to be part of that model of care and to drive better outcomes and experiences for patients in this country will attract the kind of excellence and consultants from abroad. That is part of what we would like to better articulate and communicate in this forum and elsewhere, and to use other opportunities, as Dr. Curtis spoke about so fluently, to talk about the wonderful opportunity that this hospital and this model of care presents.