NTMA adviser to streamline HSE financial affairs

The Department of Finance has asked the National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) to examine how the health service can better manage the €12 billion budget it receives from the exchequer each year.

The Department of Finance has asked the National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) to examine how the health service can better manage the €12 billion budget it receives from the exchequer each year.

A former director of the NTMA visited the Health Service Executive (HSE) in recent weeks to find ways of managing its cash more efficiently.

The HSE retains 200 bank accounts because it was formed out of the old health boards. Jim ...