‘Second to none’ 2.2bn National Children’s Hospital faces looming ‘big concern’ with staff woes months before open date [Video]

THE new €2.2billion National Children’s Hospital will struggle to attract staff put off by a lack of parking and accommodation, Dr David Moore fears.

The Head of the spinal unit at CHI wants Crumlin Hospital to be rebuilt into accommodation for healthcare workers.

He believes the facilities, including 22 operating theatres, will be “second to none.”

However, he warned: “I suppose the big concern is staffing. I think everyone has a concern about whether all the staff from the current hospitals will move.

“There are all sorts of issues about the costs of housing in Dublin, parking down there and they are all the practicalities.

“People will say, ‘Can’t you get the Luas or Dart of bus or cycle to work’, and that’s fine, but not if you’re coming from Meath or Kildare or Mullingar as lots of staff do.

“I think staffing would be …