The news follows the leak of a letter to ministers from the UK's fourchildren's hospitals, revealing they face a 22m loss in revenueunder the Government's payment-by-results reforms.
The Children's Health Alliance thought it had resolved problems with theprice list, which they complain underestimates the higher cost oftreating children with complex health needs (Children Now, 19-25 October2005).
However, recent changes to the tariff mean the four hospitals - AlderHey in Liverpool, Sheffield Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street andBirmingham Children's Hospital - again face cuts to break even.
A spokesman from Great Ormond Street said despite cutting costs, thehospital anticipated a "small number of redundancies".
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