Report ‘could ruin National Health Strategy’

A WAR of words has erupted between the author of the Brennan Report and the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) amid claims the report could sabotage the National Health Strategy.

Professor Niamh Brennan, who oversaw the Brennan Commission's value-for-money audit of the health service, dismissed claims by IMO GP committee chair Dr James Reilly that the report was "deliberately providing fodder to Finance Minister Charlie McCreevy to kill the health strategy."

"It is a skewed report carried out by people who looked at the price of everything and understand the value of nothing," said Dr Reilly.