Dorothy Shephard questioned how such essential processes like verifying invoices broke down and said that more investigation may be warranted.
Former health minister Dorothy Shephard said a series of travel nurse contracts signed by New Brunswick in 2022 showed a concerning breakdown in normal processes.
The legislature’s public accounts committee is holding three days of hearings to probe $173 million in travel nurse contracts signed by both regional health authorities and the Department of Social Development, followingShephard asked deputy health minister Eric Beaulieu to walk through the process for approving invoices, questioning why the AG found that in some cases invoices were being paid out without proper verification that services had been rendered.
But Shephard, who was shuffled out of the health portfolio shortly before Vitalité signed its first travel nurse contract in July of 2022, said she’s unsure how something as central as invoicing fell apart.“I obviously understand the need to get bodies to the front line, that’s a really easy no-brainer,” she said.
Liberal health critic Rob McKee says Beaulieu’s story doesn’t quite make sense, when the department was also receiving monthly updates on the fiscal situation of both RHAs.
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