Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who is responsible for the transport home of (a) residents of England treated in hospitals in Scotland and (b) residents of Scotland treated in hospital in England; and whether patients resident in England in hospital in Scotland or patients resident in Scotland in hospital in England can be charged for their transport home from hospital.

The provision of patient transport services (PTS) is the responsibility of local National Health Service commissioners and therefore to set appropriate expectations of services with their providers and agree the cost of PTS. In the case of cross-border cases, where patients’ resident in England, receive treatment in Scotland, the English clinical commissioning group would be responsible and vice versa.
Patients who are eligible for PTS are not charged.