Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 10 March 2022

Public Accounts Committee

Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020

9:30 am

Dr. Amanda Burke:

I agree with that but the inference was that there are not checks and balances in other areas, which I dispute. There are robust checks and balances in other areas. We review our clinical complaints and we do clinical audit ourselves. It is mandatory that every consultant does clinical audit as part of their continuing medical education.