On 25 October 2011, the European Parliament debated whether to "discharge" the accounts, which formally brings to an end the budgetary cycle of the EU institutions, and allows MEPs to approve - or criticise - the way in which an institution spent its money in a particular year.

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To that end, an analysis showed that one particular floor never seemed to discharge patients over the weekend.

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