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Betsi Cadwaladr: 'Police investigate troubled health board' | Betsi Cadwaladr: 'Police investigate troubled health board' |
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The head of the Welsh NHS has said there is a police investigation into aspects of Betsi Cadwaladr health board's spending plans. | The head of the Welsh NHS has said there is a police investigation into aspects of Betsi Cadwaladr health board's spending plans. |
Speaking to an assembly committee, Dr Andrew Goodall would not confirm the probe related to fraud allegations. | Speaking to an assembly committee, Dr Andrew Goodall would not confirm the probe related to fraud allegations. |
Dr Goodall called it a "discrete" issue and said he would not comment further while the investigation was ongoing. | Dr Goodall called it a "discrete" issue and said he would not comment further while the investigation was ongoing. |
He indicated issues involving capital spending contributed to the health board being placed in special measures. | He indicated issues involving capital spending contributed to the health board being placed in special measures. |
He told the public accounts committee the spending matters were one of numerous problems that contributed to the north Wales board being put under more direct Welsh government control last week. | |
Welsh ministers said then the move into special measures had been prompted by "serious and outstanding concerns" about Betsi Cadwaladr's leadership. | |
The decision came two weeks after a report found "institutional abuse" at the now closed Tawel Fan mental health unit at Glan Clwyd Hospital, Denbighshire. |