Don’t remove private care from public hospitals, says CUH bossRemoving private care from public hospitals could impact upon the taxpayer and the care they receive, says the CEO of Cork University Hospital. Tony McNamara warned that the proposal to incrementally remove private practice from public hospitals, as put forth in the Slaintecare report, could favour those who can pay. Mr McNamara said the proposal needs to be “very carefully considered” to avoid unintended consequences, which could destabilise the Irish hospital system. “There are many reasons as to why the answer is not to take private practice out of public hospitals as a means of addressing these problems of access and accountability. “In the first instance, we must decide on what type of hospital system we want in Ireland,” added Mr McNamara.

Source: Evening echo November 05, 2018 13:30 UTC