Freedom of Information Request: FOI 0394
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) completed a merger by acquisition of Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust (HEFT) on 1st April 2018. UHB includes Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Solihull Hospital and Community Services, Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham Chest Clinic.
Due to historical differences in data collection/reporting across UHB and the former Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust some responses have been provided by hospital site.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Please note Queen Elizabeth Hospital does not have a maternity department. Questions 1-6 are therefore not applicable
7. What is the total amount of invoices for care of any description at your hospital that were written off in the 2017/18 financial year, but which were incurred at anytime in the past.
£1,042,000
Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull Hospital
1. In relation to 2017/18 how many Overseas Patients Not Eligible for Free UK Healthcare were treated in the maternity department of your Trust?
27
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 2017/18) have received an invoice from the Trust for the value of the care they received.
27
3. If the answer to question 1 is greater than the answer to question 2 could you please state why not all these patients were sent an invoice for their care.
All patients not eligible for free treatment were invoiced.
4. In relation to the patients who received a bill, what is the total value of all those invoices?
£24,346
5. How many of the invoices sent to patients in question 2 have not been paid and what is the total value of these as yet unpaid bills?
£7,298
6. In relation to these unpaid bills what is the single biggest outstanding amount?
£5,204
7. What is the total amount of invoices for care of any description at your hospital that were written off in the 2017/18 financial year, but which were incurred at anytime in the past.
£295,000
