Tens of millions owed by HSE to patients
The HSE owes thousands of hospital patients and nursing home residents, who were wrongly charged a combined €450m for free public services, tens of millions of euro, officials have admitted,
HSE chief financial officer and interim deputy director general Stephen Mulvany confirmed the situation at a lengthy meeting of the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee amid concerns that elderly people have so far failed to be repaid all funds.
