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York Hospital has lost ?8.5 million of vital funding in NHS fines because of controversial Government targets, it has been revealed.
A total of ?6 million of the loss was due to the so-called marginal tariff set by the Labour Government due to concerns about A&E departments becoming swamped over the last ten years.
The surge in admissions is believed to be due to the growing elderly population and increasing frustration at GPs? new out-of-hours arrangements.
The tariff lays down that for every patient the trust admits beyond the figure in 2008, the hospital will only be paid 30 per cent of the cost of looking after that patient.
http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/NEWS/11020797.Hospital_loses___8_5m_in_NHS_fines/
A total of ?6 million of the loss was due to the so-called marginal tariff set by the Labour Government due to concerns about A&E departments becoming swamped over the last ten years.
The surge in admissions is believed to be due to the growing elderly population and increasing frustration at GPs? new out-of-hours arrangements.
The tariff lays down that for every patient the trust admits beyond the figure in 2008, the hospital will only be paid 30 per cent of the cost of looking after that patient.
http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/NEWS/11020797.Hospital_loses___8_5m_in_NHS_fines/