Second hospital has NTPF waiting list funding halted amid ‘potential financial irregularities’

The NTPF paused funding for this insourcing work — where a hospital pays a sister facility in its group to treat patients — at CHI.

The national fund covering hospital waiting list initiatives is now investigating a second hospital for "potential financial irregularities" and has asked all hospitals to report on their use of this money.

The National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) has faced scrutiny since an unpublished report revealed that extra clinics held on weekends at Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) did not meet the required criteria.