HSE hires consultant firm PWC to review Children’s Health Ireland handling of whistleblowers

Complaints raised concerns around waiting lists and finances

Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill. Photo: Getty

The HSE has hired consultancy ­giant PwC to review how Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) handled ­serious concerns raised by whistleblowers about waiting lists, financial concerns and other issues within the hospital group.

The consultancy firm was appointed in the past month to review how the children’s hospital group dealt with complaints by whistleblowers in protected disclosures.