A health board under special measures has overpaid a board member for the second year in a row.
, "irregular payments" totalling £39,259.62 were made to Steve Webster, an interim executive finance director at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board last year.
Mr Webster has been contacted for comment. There is no suggestion he has done anything wrong as he did not set his remuneration. It also noted there were "weak controls over senior interim appointments within BCUHB" and that controls had been "poorly enforced and non-compliance/over-ride has occurred frequently."Eluned Morgan and her predecessor as first minister Mark Drakeford - who is currently health secretary - have been contacted.
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