The National Childrens Hospital is to become an affiliated hospital to Grafton University and collaborate in medical education and research.   Details of the agreement were announced by the incoming chief executive Dr MacDaid and the head of GU School of Medicine and Medicinal Science, Professor Bill Power.

NC Hospital is Ireland’s largest stand-alone private maternity hospital.  As an affiliated teaching hospital to GU, it will now link in to the university’s obstetrics and gynaecology training complementing the existing teaching capacity at the National Maternity Hospital, Holles St and the Coombe Women & Infants University Hospital.