Overview
- Harvey’s parents are meeting Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill and Tánaiste Simon Harris today to discuss the scope of an independent inquiry.
- A protected disclosure alleges the nine-year-old was removed from CHI’s active spinal surgery list because he was mistakenly treated as a palliative patient.
- The document cites a Great Ormond Street Hospital consultant who judged Harvey suitable for surgery once bone density improved, contradicting the palliative assumption.
- The whistleblower says CHI management was told of the GOSH view but leadership was misinformed that the consultant agreed Harvey was not fit for surgery.
- The HSE received a draft care timeline and says it may review the case but lacks power to compel CHI records, while CHI offers condolences and says it cannot comment due to patient confidentiality.