CALL FOR TENDER FOR THE PROVISION OF AUDIOLOGY AND COCHLEAR IMPLANT MEDICAL EQUIPMENT FOR THE NEW CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, DUBLIN 8

Description

The new children’s hospital (nch) is currently in construction on a single site at the campus of St James’s Hospital to relocate existing services from CHI at Crumlin, Temple Street and the remaining paediatric services from Tallaght University Hospital to the new (nch) facility. The nch will be a tertiary and quaternary facility specialising in advanced paediatric healthcare for the island of Ireland and will also provide primary and secondary care for the greater Dublin area (https://www.newchildrenshospital.ie). The cochlear Implant paediatric programme is currently located in Beaumont Hospital alongside the adult cochlear implant programme under the RCSI Hospital Group. Future plans envisage that paediatric surgery, assessment and rehabilitation services will be delivered from the nch. Patients are referred to the Audiology Department in CHI for paediatric diagnostic hearing assessment to determine if a patient has a hearing loss that could impact on communication and / or to monitor hearing when receiving ototoxic medication. Consequently, state of the art equipment is required to ensure the best possible service is provided. It is imperative that equipment is sustainable, modern, robust, and reliable, and where possible contributes to improved workflow and better patient outcomes.