HSE hits back at claim of 200 deaths of children in care

The Health Service Executive (HSE) has hit out at media reports that the number of children who have died in State care could be as high as 200 and insisted that its initial figure of 23 deaths was unlikely to climb significantly.

The HSE said the confusion had arisen from a Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) guidance to the HSE around its review of child deaths.