NTPF 'should be audited' amid allegations of misuse of CHI funds

An audit of all public spending on the national treatment purchase fund (NTPF) is needed in light of allegations around misuse of funding at Children’s Health Ireland (CHI).

That is according to Tipperary North TD Alan Kelly, who said the existence of the NTPF — which funds public patients to have treatment in private facilities and extra treatment hours in public hospitals — indicates failures in the health services.

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