Budget preparation is a difficult exercise for Flemish hospitals this year, says Margot Cloet, managing director of Zorgnet-Icuro. This is the umbrella organization of all Flemish hospitals. For all hospitals combined, the umbrella organization sees a negative operating result of 114 million euros. That is 300 million less than two years earlier. The umbrella organization estimates that it will further decrease by almost half a billion euros in 2023.
A survey by the umbrella organization, which was attended by around half of Flemish hospitals, shows that eight out of ten hospitals will go into the red next year. This percentage would be higher for Brussels and Wallonia. “Those hospitals have less margins than the Flemish ones,” Zorgnet-Icuro said in a press release.
