Auditor General Denise Hanrahan’s office is busy working on a long list of other audits and examinations, not the least of which involves the contracts issued through the health authority, like travel nurses. It was revealed earlier this year that the province shelled out tens of millions of dollars on agency nurses to work alongside public health nurses.
Hanrahan says when the issue came to the fore they started getting calls asking for an audit; not just for the travel nurse contract, but other single-source contracts, including the Compass Group.
She says they’ve broadened the scope of their audit of the health care sector to contracting by the health authority in general.