DH: hospitals must be fined for readmissions caused by others

By Crispin Dowler2012-02-17T00:00:00

Hospitals will be fined for emergency readmissions in 2012-13 even if they can prove that they are not responsible for them, according to rules published by the Department of Health this afternoon.

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