A damning report into Wales’ largest health board has found that senior members of the finance team deliberately misrepresented the organisation's accounts.
The report, carried out by accountancy firm Ernst Young (EY), found there was systemic cultural failings in the finance team at Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board and that the poor practices were widely known within senior leaders of the health board.
The report outlines several issues, including paying suppliers before they had received goods, but the thrust of the report was that senior management were deliberately misallocating spending to a single financial year when, in fact, it was spread over many years. You can get more health news and other story updates straight to your inbox by subscribing to our newsletters here.
