St Vincent’s chief warns over public-private row

The St Vincent’s Healthcare Group has said if the publicly funded St Vincent’s University Hospital was unable to work in tandem with its adjacent private hospital, the position for dealing with patient demand would be “unmanageable”.

The group, which operates the publicly funded St Vincent’s University Hospital in Elm Park and St Michael’s Hospital in Dún Laoghaire, as well as St Vincent’s Private Hospital, is currently in dispute with the Health Service Executive over whether consultants employed in the public institutions on a type B contract can engage in practice in the private facility. (Times) >