Advocacy groups threaten High Court action over delayed spinal care inquiry

Scoliosis and spina bifida advocacy groups have threatened to take a case in the High Court against health minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill over delays to a statutory inquiry into spinal care at Children’s Health Ireland.

The Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Paediatric Advocacy Group and Scoliosis Advocacy Network sent a letter to the minister saying they are considering High Court action.

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