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This report presents the findings of an examination of the emergency procurement of ventilators by the Health Service Executive in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. The report recommends that the Department of Public Expenditure NDP Delivery and Reform/Office of Government Procurement consider developing practical guidance for public bodies on the use of advance payments.

This chapter examines the arrangements in place for the supply and dispensing of 'high tech' drugs to patients through community pharmacies.

This chapter reports the results of a review of procurement compliance with the recently established Health Service Executive Procurement Directorate.

This is a report examining the arrangements in operation for procuring private nursing home facilities under the Nursing Homes Support Scheme and the relative cost of facilities, how the HSE is managing the cost of nursing home care and the inspection arrangements for nursing homes.

This chapter examines the sample of consultancy and external support services in the following respects, how the service was acquired, how delivery was monitored, how costs were controlled, whether the delivery of the assignment was as expected. The focus of the chapter is on the processes employed by the HSE in administering the consultancies.

This is a report that examines the development of Primary Care Centres, through the progress made to date in accommodating Primary Care Teams, how the options for provision of accommodation were evaluated by the HSE and the administration of the preferred option, which was leasing of accommodation.

This is a report covering HSE Procurement and the results of a review of the extent to which framework agreements and contracting have been implemented since 2007, the changes in inventory management, information systems to support procurement management and the savings being achieved on procurement adjustments by the HSE. It also examines conformance with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Circular 40/2002.

This report shows the result of audit enquiries into whether an ICT strategy had been developed and was subject to regular review and update, the extent to which ICT governance arrangements and project management processes specified by the Department of Finance were in place in the HSE and the progress made in the implementation of major systems.

This ios a report examining the Control and Sanctioning of ICT Expenditure in the HSE.