HOSPITAL FINANCE
£100,000 DEFICIT
SIX MONTHS* FIGURES
Tho financial position of the hospital boards of Now Zealand-has been reviewed, by'the executiveI'of "the' Hospital Boards' -Association. Under the headings of maintenance, indoor relief, outdoor relief, .and,'. excess uneinployiriont relicf1, the expenditure -f Of the first half of the financial year gives ,: aii indication • that boards as a whole will have a. deficiency of a -little over £,J.00,0Q0, and it is .quite ey.ideni'that the sum of £ 75,000/ which, the. Ooy.ernnicnt is providing iii the'■form""of,advances as extra financial assistance to boards, will bo insufficient to •tide;.thorn qvor to the end of the. financial y^r. The yiqw of the executive, in respect to outdoor relief which fco4r4g have had to provide on account'of .wemployment is that it appears :to;be; necessary to increase the revenue o£ thV-.TJii-employment Board so . that hospital boards may bo relieved of 'the heavy drain on their finances caused""by having tb provide out-door- relief, to the unemployed, . ■; ,■ . -.•_■; ; ,! •,■ > ;, -•.-■•„ ; The curtailment by. th.c Government of. the financial; requirenients 'of hQSpital boards has, in the casfe/pf Bomes t»&ards, proved- to be ' excessive, •■.dljaeveral boards, after effecting ,<eeonQi»iefl|; Have been to get ,dpwp, to. .tK&t.esti' mate, there being a deficiei£cy"in respect tp hospital maintenance-.-of. *£20,000 for six months. . ' . ■•": ' ■■-•.'•■.•.<' In, respect to put-door rolief, thecuitailed estimate 6i expenditiire fpr aix months has been exceeded by i£37,p00. One feature of tho CPnipWsorjTeu'rtailment by the CJovcrnrnent of j&oipitai finance is that the reduction in the levies on local authorities ..^aa in. -very few capos, if any, .been 'passed qa to the ratepayers, but has apparently' been, utilised by the local &uth6ritieß-in"PrO" viding additional work;for the :unemployed. Jt should be mentioned that in assessing the requirettients 'of hospitSl boards for iuneTiiployinent- rcliot' it was cgnfidcntly expected; by.-thp • Go.vernment that the : incvc.ase4 ■ jevenue provided for the Unemployment. .Board would, afford' considerable assistance to hospital-boards, but this" cU4flptii-dven-tuato, '•..• - v \ •"■■■"• ■■■.... -''j.i: ';!;■ ■ At the general conference,of hospital boards to-be held: in I'ebruajy-thV two most important matters "whichi-.will bo fully discussed are- lidspital 'flnisin'ce and out-door relief. ■■ An endeavour'•wiil be made to have the functions of hospital boards more clearly defined in respect to' the . provisioii ;o|. assistanca ;to- the. able-bodied tinemployM. "and. recOJnjnendations will be wade- ia' f the.'directio» of ovPlving: schemes for more ftdeqHatoly •handling the vproblem,; It ; iff">e^peeted that all hospital board's faillobe.^presented' at this ; conforencej 'WrhieK will no doubt prove to be'tliß-ffiOSS i&pov tant meeting-of representative* ist ho»i\ pital boards'which hal'yet bi^fi hield.
HOSPITAL FINANCE
Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 140, 10 December 1931, Page 11
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