A predictable funding shortfall of up to $200,000 for Dunstan Hospital at Clyde may not be as bad as first thought, although final figures will not be known until July.
In August last year it was announced the hospital's funding from the Otago District Health Board for the 2009-10 financial year could be down by as much as $200,000.
Dunstan Hospital general manager Carol Horgan said the shortfall was expected to be less than $200,000, but nothing would be confirmed until July.
Dr Horgan said Central Otago Health Services Ltd (COHSL) delivered hospital services to Central Otago.
Negotiations between COHSL and the health board for funding in the 2010-11 financial year were continuing, she said.
The Otago Daily Times initially reported physiotherapy services and outpatient clinics were likely to be affected by any funding shortfall.
No part of the hospital facility was likely to be shut down.
It was expected only non-clinical services would be affected by changes in funding.
In August, COHSL chairman Russell McGeorge said the organisation's financial viability had to be safeguarded as funding was capped but population growth pushed up demand.
Physiotherapy services could be reduced and outpatient clinics could be affected, he said.
