Exclusive: targets on returning patient care to pre-pandemic levels ‘impossible’ to meet, say trustsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageHospitals in England will be fined for failing to meet “impossible” targets on patient care within weeks in a scheme criticised by NHS trust bosses as “mad, wrong and unfair”.NHS England is facing calls to urgently rethink plans to impose financial penalties on trusts that fail to return non-emergency operations to near-normal levels by the end of this month. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/oct/11/hospital-bosses-urge-nhs-england-to-drop-unfair-fines-as-covid-admissions-rise