HSE accounting systems ‘outdated’

ARCHAIC accounting systems mean the Health Service Executive cannot manage its €15 billion budget properly.

A high-level report found the legacy of old health boards within the new HSE meant its accounting practices were “not fit for purpose”. Its finances needed to be more transparent, more coherent, more compatible and consolidated in a single bank account, it said.

Concerns with how organs of the HSE managed and built up debt prompted the commissioning of the Considine Report.