You are reading 1 of 15 free-access articles allowed for 30 days L to r: Professors Javadpour and O’Brien talk to IMT Editor Terence Cosgrave during IMT’s first ever podcast. Pic: Paul Sherwood Mater not the right choice as Major Trauma Centre The Health Minister’s proposed site for a major trauma centre is not based on international best practice. Prof Mohsen Javadpour, Consultant Neurosurgeon at the National Neurosurgical Centre and Prof Donncha O’Brien argue that the decision to locate the Centre outside of the main neurosurgical Centre in Beaumont is wrong On April 27, 2021, the Minister for Health announced the implementation of the national trauma system in Ireland. Minister Donnelly announced the Mater Hospital as the designated major trauma centre for the central trauma network.