Irish Examiner view: Who benefits from sums paid to consultants?

Fórsa trade union has written to its members in that hospital stating that some of those PwC consultants are giving direction to CUH staff and attending operational meetings

There were 75 patients in Cork University Hospital  waiting for a bed. Picture: Dan Linehan

A cursory glance at yesterday's report on Cork University Hospitalseemed to reveal some good news — a steep rise in the amount being paid on consultants? Surely that constituted a boost to one of the hard-pressed outpost of the health service.

A closer reading reveals the alternative reality — the consultants in question are from PwC and have been hired to implement a “transformation and improvement” programme at the hospital.