Michael Harmer

Harmer was accused by the Conservative Party in Wales of "behaving inappropriately" in 2012, following a leak of a heavily modified report at the centre of a National Health Service (NHS) reconfiguration scandal in Wales, that attracted BBC coverage.[11] Harmer was called to give evidence to the National Assembly for Wales Health Committee, to which he admitted he had modified an independent report meant to be from clinical experts including doctors, paramedics, children's health professionals, dentists and therapists.[12]

The changes influenced part of substantial changes to NHS services to local communities, leading to street protests.[13][14]

Harmer rewrote substantial parts of the report, then re-submitted to the NHS, following emails exchanged with an NHS Chief Executive, Mary Burrows, Harmer deciding to use a private email account.[15] The emails were never made public.