Brigitte Bourguignon, Minister responsible for autonomy, announced on Saturday that the state would file a complaint against the group. The report will not be made public.
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Enter justice without making public the report. Brigitte Bourguignon, Minister responsible for autonomy, announced, on Saturday, March 26, that the State would file a complaint against the ORPEA group, so “that legal proceedings may, if necessary, be diligent,” indicates the statement of the department. The Government has decided to seize the Prosecutor of the Republic on the basis of Article 40 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
The Government received, Friday, March 25, the conclusions of the General Inspectorate of Social Affairs (IGAS) and the General Finance Inspectorate (IGF). The Executive had commissioned, the following two inspections of an investigation into the facts reported in the book of Victor Castanet, the graduates (Fayard, 400 p., 22.90 euros) denouncing a “system” set up by the private group to “optimize costs” to the detriment of resident care. Upon reading the report, it appears that “serious dysfunctions” have been revealed, indicated M me Bourguignon, Saturday on France Inter, human dysfunctions but also concerning the financial practices of the group.
“Yes, there have been human shortcomings and organizational shortcomings,” said M me Bourguignon. The government also wants justice to “verify that, in terms of financial terms, there were sometimes serious dysfunctions.”
According to our information, the final report delivered on Friday confirms the almost all of the first conclusions of the prerequisite that Le Monde unveiled on March 21. Since then, the ORPEA group has taken care to respond point by point to the preraption. Inspections have maintained, for the most part, their first findings. They established that there was a lack of very important trained personnel in group institutions and deficiencies in residential food.
Reimbursement of public appropriations
In the case of accounting, the final report notes that surpluses have been released on public appropriations while they could have been assigned to hire more caregivers. The IGF and IGAS have not reached, in addition, to trace the use of these credits, which represent several million euros. M me Bourguignon indicated Saturday that the government could claim the refund of these sums. “For the moment, the sums are not completely frozen. And so, it’s several million euros. What I want is that we can not suggest that one penny that does not has not been paid towards residents can not be reimbursed, “she said.
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