Galway Roscommon hospital audit reveals high patient bills

It also says controls covering patient income were inadequate, and in July 2012, claims for private patients requiring a sign off by consultants were as high as 6 million.According to the Irish Independent the claims related to 151 consultants and 22 of these were no longer employed by UHG.The paper reports that other deficiencies uncovered include salary over-payments and failing to record staff leave.