Patient-level Costing Data Will Be Critical in Maintaining Care Quality While Cutting Costs, Say NHS Finance Managers

Accurate treatment costs at patient level will become crucial in helping NHS managers identify and cut waste without affecting care,  according to a group of senior NHS financial staff.

Members of Ardentia’s patient level and information costing (PLICS) user group agreed that having access to accurate data on individual patients’ treatment costs should be a priority for trusts, before they embark on cost-cutting programmes. 

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