Fairer funding

May 16 2008 by Andrew Baldwin, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

PATIENT care and NHS jobs have been safeguarded after the £77m debts of the trust which runs Dewsbury District Hospital were written off.

The way is now clear for the hospital to plan for its future without a heavy burden around its neck.

But it will never be totally free of financial instability until the Government changes the way local health services are funded.

A fairer formula will mean better patient care and ensure that our hospitals can stay out of the red for good.

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