HSE still in talks to secure private hospital capacity amid NPHET warning of potential Covid surge

HSE CEO Paul Reid unveiled the health service's Winter Plan late last month. Image: Gareth Chaney/PA Images HSE CEO Paul Reid unveiled the health service's Winter Plan late last month. Image: Gareth Chaney/PA Images THE HSE IS engaged with all of the private hospitals in the country “on two fronts” to try to secure capacity in the event of a Covid surge in the coming months, Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has said.

There have been repeated warnings that the health service may struggle to cope in the event of a sharp rise in hospitalisations and those requiring intensive care due to Covid-19 in the coming months. He said: “In the week to 27 September there was an average of eight admissions per day to hospital. In the week to 3 October, there was an average of 12 per day, with 17 new confirmed cases in the last 24 hours.

Last night, however, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said the assessment that hospitals could soon be overwhelmed wasn’t shared by HSE CEO Paul Reid. First issued in August, the HSE last week re-issued a tender aimed at securing some of this private capacity.A spokesperson said: “Providers who applied have been notified of the outcome. The tendering process in place allows the HSE to run the competition on an on-going basis so additional providers may be placed on the panel and as such the competition has re-opened for additional submissions and will remain open for additional applications.

The nationalisation of all private health care capacity at €100m a month seems like a bargain. Shame for those still dumb enough to have private health insurance.

And we all know who owns the private hospitals

And it was a complete rip-off disaster. Jesus, they’re determined to make the same mistakes over and over again albeit, you’d have to question exactly how much corruption is going on given some of the extraordinary financial dealings which have taken place.

That €305mln should have been spent on extra beds and ICU units not on taking over private hospitals. Pointless to spend any extra money on renting out private hospitals while public ones are not well equipped

Not sure how I feel about this

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