Kildare County Council recently allowed the HSE to extend the planning permission for an extension to Naas General Hospital. The proposed extension includes new endoscopy and day services units. Physical medicine and oncology departments would also be constructed.
The extension of planning permission is welcome. However, it highlights how the HSE have stalled on this project since planning permission was first granted in 2014. I have visited the hospital to inspect existing facilities and I have raised this in the Dáil with Minister Simon Harris. It is clear how badly needed the endoscopy unit in particular is needed. Therefore, I welcome this decision but it is imperative that the HSE present concrete plans and funding as soon as possible to develop this much-needed extension.