Co-location on a shared campus with an existing academic adult hospital, and ultimately tri- location with a maternity hospital enables: Project Management Feasibility Report, TCD, Ireland

Co-location on a shared campus with an existing academic adult hospital, and ultimately tri- location with a maternity hospital enables the sharing of certain common clinical and non-clinical services between these three facilities, realizing clinical, educational, research, operational and financial benefits. The core elements of the children’s hospital include.

• Clinical accommodation of approximately 64,500m² in the main new children’s hospital and approximately 2,000m² in each of the satellite centres¹
• All in-patient beds in single rooms with en-suite, with in-room overnight accommodation for a parent
• Outpatients, Day Care, Theatre Suite, Emergency Department, and Critical Care Units
• Laboratory, Medical Imaging, and Diagnostic services
• Specialist therapy and play facilities
• Age-appropriate facilities for children and young people and family facilities
• Hospital School
• Reception, concourse, and public realm appropriate for a children’s hospital and reflecting the hospital’s national profile.