Strict rules for care centre deals broken

The HSE has come under fire from its own internal audit section for failing to follow strict rules in how multimillion-euro primary care centre deals are concluded.

A major report into the service has warned senior officials allowed centres to come on board between 2007 and 2010 despite the fact they did not have enough GPs involved, and in some cases applied after key competition deadlines had passed.

The document also noted that in a number of cases, there was no information on who evaluated the sites before the HSE agreed to acquire them.