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To ask the Secretary of State for Health, How much the central recovery unit recovered from NHS trust accident and emergency hospitals in respect of road traffic accidents in (a) 1998-99 and (b) 1999-2000. (Failed OPQ). - Includes figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, How much the central recovery unit recovered from NHS trust accident and emergency hospitals in respect of road traffic accidents in (a) 1998-99 and (b) 1999-2000. (Failed OPQ). - Includes figures.
Asked by
John P Smith
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Hutton of Furness
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
18 July 2000
For answer on
24 October 2000
Answered on
24 October 2000
Mr. John Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the central recovery unit recovered from NHS trust accident and
emergency hospitals in respect of road traffic accidents in (a) 1998-99 and (b) 1999-2000. [131882]
Mr. Hutton: In 1998-99, National Health Service trusts had responsibility for collecting charges for hospital treatment following
road traffic accidents under the provisions of sections 157 and 158 of the Road Traffic Act 1988. NHS trusts in England collected a
total of £19.6 million in that year. The system changed with the introduction of the Road Traffic (NHS Charges) Act 1999 which came
into effect on 5 April 1999 and there is now a new centralised recovery system which is undertaken by the Compensation Recovery Unit
(CRU). The CRU recovered £26.6 million for NHS trusts in England in 1999-2000. However this sum does not represent total income to
the NHS in that year. This is because income would have been received directly by trusts in the first part of the year as a
carry-over from the old arrangements. We are unable to calculate the amounts carried over from the old system as this information is
not collected centrally. The total amount collected for the first half of 2000-01 in England is £30.3 million.
Subjects
Accidents; Fees and charges; NHS; Recovery of costs; Road traffic; Compensation Recovery Unit
Date
24 October 2000
Reference
355 c120W; 131882
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been recovered from insurers of those responsible for road accidents under the Road Traffic (NHS Charges) Act 1999; in how many cases recovery has been achieved; and if he will make a statement. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been recovered from insurers of those responsible for road accidents under the Road Traffic (NHS Charges) Act 1999; in how many cases recovery has been achieved; and if he will make a statement. - Inc figures.
Asked by
Andrew Dismore
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Hutton of Furness
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
4 November 1999
For answer on
11 November 1999
Answered on
11 November 1999
Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been recovered from insurers of those responsible for road
accidents under the Road Traffic (NHS Charges) Act 1999; in how many cases recovery has been achieved; and if he will make a
statement. [97802]
Mr. Hutton: The Road Traffic (NHS Charges) Act 1999 came into effect on 5 April this year. From that date responsibility for the
collection of charges passed from individual hospitals to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health, with the
Compensation Recovery Unit, a part of the Benefits Agency, acting on his behalf.
In the first six months of operation the Compensation Recovery Unit has received notification of 271,251 new claims for compensation
following a road traffic accident. One third of these cases have been confirmed as involving treatment at an NHS hospital, one third
have no NHS element and one third are currently being checked. This has resulted in the identification of an estimated £40m
potential income for NHS trusts in England, Scotland and Wales, to be released as and when the underlying compensation claims are
settled.
The Compensation Recovery Unit took delivery of a new computer system on 5 April 1999; not only to deal with NHS charge recovery but
also to replace the elderly system in place for the recovery of state benefits since 1990. Technical problems with the new computer
system have delayed the transfer of around two million records of claims for all types of personal injury compensation from the old
system to the new. This, in turn, has delayed the collection of NHS charges in many cases where compensation has been paid since the
scheme started in April.
The technical difficulties are now being overcome and the scheme is beginning to deliver significant sums of money to trusts. An
initial payment was made at the end of July when 185 trusts shared £230,305. August saw an improvement to 225 trusts sharing
£713,162 and, at the end of September, 230 trusts shared £1,727,942. I can now confirm that the Compensation Recovery Unit
recovered, and paid to 255 trusts, a further £3.7 million at the end of October, the largest ever monthly payment to the NHS in
respect of recovery following road traffic accidents. This payment significantly exceeds the amounts previously collected by trusts
in an average month in 1998-99 and shows a clear trend towards the step change in income we believe the new system will deliver.
I will be making a further report on progress at the end of December and again at the end of the full financial year.
Legislation
Road Traffic (NHS Charges) Act 1999
Subjects
Compensation; Accidents; Fees and charges; Insurance companies; Recovery of costs; Roads; Compensation Recovery Unit
Date
11 November 1999
Reference
97802; 337 c813-4W;337 c814-5W
House
House of Commons