{"id":618465,"date":"2026-09-08T18:30:42","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T18:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/618465\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T18:30:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T18:30:42","slug":"calls-for-ennis-hospital-expansion-as-mid-west-planning-board-begins-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/618465\/","title":{"rendered":"Calls For Ennis Hospital Expansion As Mid-West Planning Board Begins Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Friends of Ennis Hospital is calling for a clear roadmap for the delivery of much-needed additional healthcare capacity and infrastructure in the Mid-West.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign group says the newly established Mid-West Health Planning Board must mark a turning point from reviewing the region\u2019s healthcare problems to delivering the infrastructure and services needed to address them.<\/p>\n<p>It says the State-owned site at Raheen could provide an opportunity for major hospital development, but warns Ennis must not be forgotten as plans for the region take shape.<\/p>\n<p>Friends of Ennis Hospital spokesperson Angela Coll says she hopes the new board will focus on action, rather than becoming another \u201ctalking shop\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>You can listen to the full interview here:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Friends of Ennis Hospital is calling for a clear roadmap for the delivery of much-needed additional healthcare&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":618466,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[103,397,396,61,60],"class_list":["post-618465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-healthcare","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=618465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/618466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=618465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=618465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}