spidermom
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With harneys pronouncement today that the health service will face huge cutbacks next year it is now time to cut the NTPF.
Its budget for 2010 is 90 million. This is equal to the deficits being faced by 3/4 of the largest hospitals in the state, all of which have now closed beds to deal with the budgetary cutbacks introduced last year.
But here is why the NTPF should be cut.
NTPF treats fewer than 8,000....
The National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) has arranged treatment for just 7,894 inpatients and first-time consultations for 3,000 out-patients in the five months to the end of May.
The Fund has claimed it will facilitate approximately 31,000 patients in 2010 from its allocated budget. The Fund is on schedule to meet this target, an NTPF spokesperson said. It is understood the inpatient figure for 2010 includes radiology investigations.......
For comparison purposes Tallaght Hospital deals with 34,000 inpatients,78,000 A+E attendances and 228,000 outpatients for twice that budget...
There is also the thorny issue fo the "costs" charged for surgery under the NTPF..Wide variation in hip implant costs
I wish someone would explain this to me...because this is my clinical area and I DON'T understand it!!!
Its budget for 2010 is 90 million. This is equal to the deficits being faced by 3/4 of the largest hospitals in the state, all of which have now closed beds to deal with the budgetary cutbacks introduced last year.
But here is why the NTPF should be cut.
NTPF treats fewer than 8,000....
The National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) has arranged treatment for just 7,894 inpatients and first-time consultations for 3,000 out-patients in the five months to the end of May.
The Fund has claimed it will facilitate approximately 31,000 patients in 2010 from its allocated budget. The Fund is on schedule to meet this target, an NTPF spokesperson said. It is understood the inpatient figure for 2010 includes radiology investigations.......
For comparison purposes Tallaght Hospital deals with 34,000 inpatients,78,000 A+E attendances and 228,000 outpatients for twice that budget...
There is also the thorny issue fo the "costs" charged for surgery under the NTPF..Wide variation in hip implant costs
I wish someone would explain this to me...because this is my clinical area and I DON'T understand it!!!