Deloitte report for Newfoundland government found to have apparently false citations

The Newfoundland and Labrador government has asked Deloitte to check its work after the company submitted a report containing erroneous citations.

A Health Department spokesperson says the consulting firm acknowledged the citations were wrong, but it stands by its 526-page staffing plan for the province’s health sector.

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Brian Scott says the department will take appropriate steps once the contractor finishes its promised review of the flawed citations.

A story from online news outlet The Independent on Saturday highlighted several citations in the report which appeared not to exist.

The story quoted a researcher at Dalhousie University who said the Deloitte report cited an article with her as the author that did not exist.

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Last month, Deloitte Australia said it would partially refund the Australian government for a report that was littered with apparent AI-generated errors and references to nonexistent academic research papers.

— With files from The Associated Press

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