{"id":83,"date":"2017-05-30T13:48:16","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T13:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cscs.ie\/?p=207"},"modified":"2017-05-30T13:48:16","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T13:48:16","slug":"update-on-move-of-nmh-to-svuh-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cscs.ie\/index.php\/2017\/05\/30\/update-on-move-of-nmh-to-svuh-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on move of NMH to SVUH campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This update today is from the Irish Examiner:nn<b>Update 2.10pm<\/b>: The Health Minister said he intends to have a discussion at cabinet about the ownership structures of hospitals.nnIt is after the Sisters of Charity announced it would be divesting its interest in the new national maternity hospital.nn<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/remote\/media.central.ie\/media\/images\/n\/nationalMaternityHospitalModel_large.jpg?width=648&amp;s=ie-791703\" alt=\"\" width=\"648\" \/>nnHowever under current plans the state still will not own the hospital, despite paying for it.nnMinister Simon Harris said it is one of the issues that still needs to be teased out.nn&#8221;There are still a number of discussions that need to take place with both hospitals in terms of how do you protect what is a substantial investment by the state.nn\u201cThere are many different ways that you do that and just like I asked for a period of a month to work with the hospitals to address a number of concerns, I would ask for a little more time to tease out those issues.\u201dnn<b>Earlier<\/b>: There is a warning that the new National Maternity Hospital still will not have clinical independence.nnThat is despite the fact the Sisters of Charity announced yesterday that it would be divesting its interests in the project and St Vincent&#8217;s Healthcare Group.nnThe religious order is to sell the land on which the facility will be built to a new charity called St. Vincent&#8217;s.nn<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/remote\/media.central.ie\/media\/images\/p\/peterBoylanMaternityIreland15_large.jpg?width=648&amp;s=ie-791703\" alt=\"\" width=\"648\" \/>nnDoctor Peter Boylan (pictured) claims the hospital&#8217;s new master will be part of a chain of command that ultimately reports to the CEO of the St Vincent&#8217;s Hospital Group &#8211; rather than the maternity hospital&#8217;s own board.nnMeanwhile Fianna F\u00e1il said there needs to be clarity on the charitable status of the new national maternity hospital.nnFianna F\u00e1il Health Spokesperson Deputy Billy Kelleher said the new charitable status will have to be scrutinised.nn\u201cWe need to see the legal detail of that to ensure the state\u2019s investment is both recognised and protected.nn\u201cThe other key area is the issue around corporate governance. We welcome that fact there will be no religious involvement in medical and ethical oversight. That is critically important to ensure that all medical services are available to women.\u201dnn&nbsp;nn&nbsp;nnhttp:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/breakingnews\/ireland\/questions-remain-over-new-national-maternity-hospital-791703.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This update today is from the Irish Examiner:nnUpdate 2.10pm: The Health Minister said he intends to have a discussion at cabinet about the ownership structures of hospitals.nnIt is after the Sisters of Charity announced it would be divesting its interest in the new national maternity hospital.nnnnHowever under current plans the state still will not own [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cscs.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cscs.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cscs.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cscs.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cscs.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cscs.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cscs.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cscs.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cscs.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}