Rotunda Hospital agrees to end private patient treatment by public-only contract consultants
By
Barry Lenihan
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Summary
The Rotunda Hospital, Ireland's largest maternity hospital, has agreed to stop allowing consultants on public-only contracts from treating private patients, ending a conflict with the Government. The dispute came to light after Master of the Rotunda Professor Seán Daly testified before the Oireachtas Health Committee that the practice was continuing despite a directive to stop. Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill requested the hospital provide clarification on the matter.
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The country's largest maternity hospital and the Government had been in conflict over allowing consultants carry out private work despite signing a public-only contract three years ago.
The row erupted following a hearing last week at the Oireachtas Health Committee, when Master of the Rotunda Professor Seán Daly said the practice was continuing, despite a direction that it should stop.
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