Donnelly backs Fórsa's call for audit of HSE spend on external experts 

Stephen Donnelly: 'We have to make sure that we are always getting the very best value for money.' File picture: Brian Lawless/PA

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has backed an audit of all HSE spending on private consultancy firms, saying “a lot of money” is being spent in Cork University Hospital (CUH) on just one firm. 

It comes after the 'Irish Examiner' reported that CUH spent over €608,000 in just three months on consultancy services from PWC, an arrangement which continues although the hospital has declined to share the latest total expenditure.