Freedom of Information Request: 0367 2019/20

1.In relation to 2018/19 how many Overseas Patients Not Eligible for Free UK Healthcare were treated in the maternity department of your Trust?

8 (This includes all patients where at least part of their care was coded to a maternity budget within the invoice)

2. How many of these patients (Overseas Patients Not Eligible for Free UK Healthcare who were treated in the maternity department of your Trust during 2018/19)  have received an invoice from the Trust for the value of the care they received.

8 [The invoices are raised in line with the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulation 2015, as amended]

3.  If the answer to (1) is greater than the answer to (2) could you please state why not all these patients were sent an invoice for their care.

Not Applicable

4. In relation to the patients who received a bill, what is the total value of all those invoices? £26,605

5.How many of the invoices sent to patients in (2) have not been paid and what is the total value of these as yet unpaid bills?

3 unpaid invoices total value £7,875.00 (NB all 3 invoices currently have a repayment plan in place)

 5.In relation to these unpaid bills what is the single biggest outstanding amount? £4,470.00

6.What is the total amount of invoices for care of any description at your hospital that were written off in the 2018/19 financial year, but which were incurred at any time in the past? 

£1,446, 598 [It is assumed that this is still referring to overseas visitors i.e. private patients are not included]