Group set up to examine 500% rise in cost of health-related claims since 2010

Dr Rhona Mahony will be the chair of a group examining the rise in cost of health-related claims. Picture: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

Former master of the National Maternity Hospital Dr Rhona Mahony is to chair a special group to examine a significant jump in the cost of health-related claims.

The Government is concerned about a rise of over 500% in the cost of health-related claims since 2010.