Study Tour Schedule

The 2026 EuHPN study tour will feature a comprehensive visit to the New Children’s Hospital, the landmark, soon-to-be-completed paediatric hospital that brings together services from three existing children’s hospitals.  This is a modern, digitally-enabled, custom-designed campus, which aims to provide the best possible care and treatments to Ireland’s children and young people.

The details of the tour of the New Children’s Hospital are still being finalised, but we will most likely depart from the Thomas Prior Hall at 09.00 on Wednesday 23rd September.  Coaches will be provided for travel to the New Children’s Hospital site, to begin a two hour tour from 10.00.  Participants will be able to bring luggage, stored on the coach transport, for later transfer to Dublin airport.

The Children’s Hospital tour should be able to accommodate everyone who would like to attend.  Participants will be organised into small groups, each of which will experience the whole tour but according to different routes.  On the date of the tour, the Children’s Hospital will not have patients or members of the public present, but it will be an active working environment for staff, so participants will be expected to keep to the agreed itinerary at all times. 

After the New Children’s Hospital tour, we are currently planning to offer a light lunch and then onward travel to a choice of additional study sites.  We anticipate that these will include some or all of the following:

·       The Rotunda Maternity Hospital’s new department at Hampson House, which includes maternity outpatients, paediatric outpatients, colposcopy and allied health services..

·       The new National Forensic Mental Health Service (NFMHS) Facility - a modern, secure, purpose-built complex that is compliant with all relevant healthcare standards.

·       One of Ireland’s new surgical hubs, intended to improve access to elective care, and procured according to a standardised brief and design.

The afternoon tours may have limitations on the numbers of participants, due to the sensitivities of visiting some sites and the clinical environment.  For participants who register an interest in the afternoon tours, we will try to accommodate preferences, but we may have to offer these tours in order of registration.

The Children’s Hospital tour should finish around 12.00, and there will be an opportunity for some participants to leave at that stage if they have onward travel.  Other participants can remain for the available afternoon tour(s), which will finish at 15.30, and we may be able to offer coach drop off at Dublin airport (16.00) and Dublin city centre.

The tour programme is still in development, but will be confirmed as soon as possible.