Hospital bosses urge NHS England to drop 'unfair' fines as Covid admissions rise
by Josh Halliday and Denis Campbell from on (#590PE)
Exclusive: targets on returning patient care to pre-pandemic levels impossible' to meet, say trusts
Hospitals 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.
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