FINANCE: NHS London has approved NHS South East London’s application for an emergency readmissions avoidance scheme, funded from the primary care trust cluster’s 2 per cent annual top-slice.
The information was contained in a Freedom of Information Act request into application made for the funds this financial year.
The application was approved in July.
Freedom of Information Act request
August 2012
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