HSE blames cyberattack for further delays to national maternity strategy plan

Carol Mulligan with her baby daughter, Nora, and Krysia Lynch, AIMS Ireland, protesting recently about the restrictions imposed on the partners of pregnant women in Irish maternity units. Picture: Colin Keegan

An implementation plan for the National Maternity Strategy has been delayed again, with the HSE blaming the cyberattack for the latest delays.

The updated plan was due for completion last September according to Kilian McGrane at the National Women and Infants Health Programme (NWIHP). This was then delayed by the renewed waves of Covid-19 infections to “Quarter 2 2021”.