HSE accidently sent confidential email to ‘Irish Examiner’

The HSE has inadvertently highlighted how it manages upcoming negative news after accidently including the Irish Examiner in a group email to senior officials.

The “priority attention: advance warning notifications” email — including the maternal deaths figures revealed today — was sent by the HSE South’s regional director Pat Healy to the Department of Health’s secretary general Dr Ambrose McLoughlin on Dec 6.

HSE national director Laverne McGuinness and both groups’ most senior press officers were also included. On Dec 13, the email, intended to be forwarded to South-East officials, was also accidentally copied to the Irish Examiner.