Midwife’s backers wants HSE’s spend investigated

A support group for midwife Philomena Canning has written to the Public Accounts Committee requesting an investigation into the loss of public money in the process that saw Ms Canning suspended from work and subsequently reinstated.

The group outlines the money spent by the HSE in a High Court action brought by Ms Canning, the opening of two investigations, which are now redundant, and the retention of experts in midwifery to fight a further legal action by Ms Canning.

Philomena Canning, a midwife with a perfect record for her more than 30 years in practice, had her indemnity insurance suspended by the HSE last September pending an investigation. At the time she had 29 clients who had engaged her services for home births.