NTPF 'should be audited' amid allegations of misuse of CHI funds

Labour Tipperary North TD Alan Kelly speaking to media outside Leinster House on Thursday when he said the NTPF should be subjected to an extensive audit. Picture: Cillian Sherlock/PA 

An audit of all public spending on the national treatment purchase fund (NTPF) is needed in light of allegations around misuse of funding at Children’s Health Ireland (CHI).

That is according to Tipperary North TD Alan Kelly, who said the existence of the NTPF — which funds public patients to have treatment in private facilities and extra treatment hours in public hospitals — indicates failures in the health services.