Poor performing hospitals will lose €18m from budgets

MORE than €18m will be slashed off the budgets of 17 poor performing hospitals this year.

The biggest loser is Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, Co Louth — it faces a budget cut of €3.46m.

Still languishing near the bottom of the Health Service Executive’s efficiency ladder is Tallaght Hospital. Coming second last, it faces a reduction of €2.77m this year. In 2010 Our Lady of Lourdes was in second place with Tallaght the biggest loser for the third year in a row.