NHS: Fees and Charges
(asked on 4th October 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what costs from the treatment of chargeable overseas visitors (a) are outstanding and (b) have been written off.
The Department publishes data on the income identified from chargeable overseas visitors in England as part of its annual report and accounts. The cash payments received, and amounts written off in-year by the National Health Service from chargeable overseas visitors, are also published annually in the consolidated NHS provider accounts.
The following table shows the aggregate income identified, cash payments received, and amounts written off in-year by the NHS in England, from overseas visitors, over the last three years: | ||||
| 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | |
Aggregate income identified | £61,000,000 | £67,000,000 | £100,000,000 |
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Cash payments received in-year | £21,000,000 | £25,000,000 | £32,000,000 |
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Amounts written off in-year | £46,000,000 | £36,000,000 | £37,000,000 |
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Source: DHSC Annual Report and Accounts and Consolidated NHS provider accounts.
NHS charges can be recovered up to six years from the date of invoice, and therefore the amount recovered in a year does not necessarily mean it was identified that financial year.