NAO Finds Irregular Procurement Dominates Mater Dei Hospital Administration

Mater Dei administration dominated by irregular contracts in 2025, NAO finds

Millions of euros in services required to keep Mater Dei Hospital running continued to be procured through negotiated procedures  – another name for direct orders – in 2025, despite years of warnings over the hospital’s dependence on non-competitive procurement. A new follow-up investigation by the National Audit Office found that of 15 engineering services whose … Continued

By Ivan Camilleri