Accidents: Fees and Charges
(asked on 2nd December 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the amount recovered from third party insurers for NHS treatment in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and how much of that amount which is recoverable remains outstanding.
The information requested is provided in the table below, which reflects the total actual amount recovered by the National Health Service in each of the last five financial years.
The Department does not hold information centrally on the value of outstanding claims which may or may not result in the recovery of treatment costs.
NHS Injury Cost Recovery scheme | |
Financial Year | NHS Recoveries |
2015/16 | £170,568,350 |
2014/15 | £181,430,060 |
2013/14 | £194,956,034 |
2012/13 | £192,599,378 |
2011/12 | £191,830,602 |
Note:
The data reflects the total value of NHS Recoveries (including Ambulance Charges) received by the Compensation Recovery Unit relating to the NHS Injury Costs Recovery Scheme for Trusts in England between 1 April 2011 – 31 March 2016.