Harney ‘must implement all of report’s 15 recommendations’

HEALTH Minister Mary Harney must be heldaccountable for the Health Service Executive’s response to the report on the misdiagnosis of a breast cancer patient, Labour’s Jan O’Sullivan insisted yesterday.

Ms O’Sullivan said the onus was on the minister to ensure that the 15 recommendations in the Health Information and Quality Authority report were implemented in full.

“As Minister for Health and as minister for overseeing the HSE, she must be held accountable for their response to this report,” the Labour Party spokesperson stressed.