Gloster orders HSE to slash spend on management consultants by €40m

Bernard Gloster said: “In terms of cost reduction and reduced dependency, I’ve given the CFO (chief financial officer) a target this week to reduce that €113m expenditure by 30%.” File picture: Sasko Lazarov / Photocall Ireland

HSE chief executive, Bernard Gloster, has ordered his finance team to slash its spending on private management consultants by up to €40m.

The multi-million cost of the external advisors came into public focus after the Irish Examiner revealed Cork University Hospital had spent €608,000 on PwC consultants in the space of just three months.