Cash-strapped NHS trust wants Tottenham Hotspur to put a 20p surcharge on food and drink at its new stadium to help it overturn a multi-million pound deficit
- North Middlesex University Hospital Trust has a deficit of almost £30million
- The trust admitted the proposal to use the ground were still at the ‘idea stage’
- A 20p surcharge would raise around £10,000 for the trust on each match day
- Multiplied by 34 – the amount of games scheduled, this will raise £340,000
A cash-strapped NHS trust is considering asking a Premier League football club to bump the cost of food and drinks to help it raise money.
North Middlesex University Hospital Trust ended the last financial year with a deficit close to the £30million mark.
In a desperate attempt to raise £300,000 a year, it wants to implement a 20p surcharge on food and drinks at Tottenham Hotspur’s new ground.
The trust admitted the plans to use the ground, which is set to hold its first game next month, were still at an ‘idea stage’.
In a desperate attempt to raise £300,000 a year, North Middlesex University Hospital Trust wants to implement a 20p surcharge on food and drinks at Tottenham Hotspur’s new ground (pictured, ongoing building works at the new stadium)
Proposals by the trust’s board, seen by the Health Service Journal, states there will around 50,000 transactions on each match day.
A 20p surcharge on each of these would raise around £10,000 for the trust, multiplied by 34 – the amount of games scheduled – will raise £340,000.
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The plans said this would include: ‘League, domestic cup and European and NFL fixtures in a stadium with a capacity of more than 60,000.’
The trust, situated one mile away from the location of the new ground, describes the plan as ‘a strategic charity relationship’ with Spurs.
Proposals by the trust’s board, seen by the Health Service Journal, states there will around 50,000 transactions on each match day (pictured: the North Middlesex University Hospital, which is ran by the trust)
ISN’T THE NHS SET TO GET MORE MONEY?
Theresa May warned that the NHS needed more than a ‘sticking plaster’ as she unveiled a huge £25billion funding boost in June.
The Prime Minister pointed to the care given to terrorism victims and her own experience of coping with diabetes as she vowed to turn on the spending taps over the next five years to improve services.
But Mrs May admitted that a claimed ‘Brexit dividend’ would not cover the whole sum and taxes would have to rise. Experts warned that working families could face stumping up an extra £10billion a year.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said the Treasury could be forced to make households pay up to £2,000 more by 2033.
The respected body said raising National Insurance by 1p for workers and employers could pull in £8billion.
A spokeswoman for the trust, which runs the North Middlesex University Hospital, said: ‘This is very much at the idea stage.’
She added the plans were to demonstrate the trust is ‘open to considering a range of opportunities’ to ensure good care for patients.
The spokeswoman also admitted the trust has a ‘strong relationship’ with the Spurs Foundation – the football club’s charitable body.
Alongside the 20p surcharge on food and drink, the trust is considering offering private procedures the NHS no longer funds.
The list of offerings include tonsillectomies, which NHS England branded ‘ineffective’ in a crackdown earlier this year.
Spurs, currently fourth in the Premier League, were originally meant to move into the £850million stadium back in August.
However, a series of delays pushed this back as they were forced to play the bulk of their home fixtures at Wembley.
The North London outfit even had to play their third round Carabao Cup tie against Watford at Stadium MK in September.
The club’s new 62,000 seat arena, called the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, will also host at least two NFL games each year.
No grand opening date has yet to be given by the club. However, their London derby clash with Chelsea on November 24 still lists the new stadium as the venue.
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