Hospital targets put funding at risk

HOSPITALS will forfeit a slice of their annual funding for failing to tackle the A&E crisis and to maintain acceptable hygiene standards, it was learned yesterday.

The Health Service Executive (HSE) is to withhold around €65 million in annual funding, a figure that represents around 2% of total funding for the year.

A reward process will start next month and involve funding in the order of €32m for the second half of this year.