Canning HSE award less than legal costs

The settlement between the HSE and the late independent midwife Philomena Canning was less than the legal costs for the action brought by the midwife.

Ms Canning, who died last March, settled with the HSE in the weeks before her death in an attempt to access a life-saving cancer drug. She had sued the HSE following her suspension as a midwife in 2014 on what turned out to be completely false grounds.