Outspoken HSE critic to lose core funding

A patient advocacy group vocal in its criticism of health service failures, has had its funding pulled by the HSE.

The Irish Patients Association, which has received annual funding of €117,000 from the HSE for the past number or years, is to lose that core funding from next April.

IPA chairman Stephen McMahon said the HSE move would “immediately impact on approximately 500 patient cases”.