21/01/2014
NHS Bosses Relax A&E Funding Rule
Hospitals will earn more money from treating emergency patients following a relaxation of a payments system that critics claim was costing A&E departments £500 million a year.
NHS bosses has revised a funding rule that meant emergency departments received only 30% of the cost of treating patients admitted as an emergencies over and above the number treated in 2008-09.
The Foundation Trust Network (FTN) claim that as emergency admissions continued to rise some hospitals were losing up to £10m each per year, according to a report by the Guardian.
It is understood that the remaining 70% was to be held and spent by local NHS organisations on initiatives aimed at avoiding unnecessary trips to hospitals. However, it is claimed that this has only been done in a few places.
The funding rule has now been revised but not axed.
(MH/CD)
NHS bosses has revised a funding rule that meant emergency departments received only 30% of the cost of treating patients admitted as an emergencies over and above the number treated in 2008-09.
The Foundation Trust Network (FTN) claim that as emergency admissions continued to rise some hospitals were losing up to £10m each per year, according to a report by the Guardian.
It is understood that the remaining 70% was to be held and spent by local NHS organisations on initiatives aimed at avoiding unnecessary trips to hospitals. However, it is claimed that this has only been done in a few places.
The funding rule has now been revised but not axed.
(MH/CD)
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