NHS: Fees and Charges
The question
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 in 2024.
Answered by Karin Smyth
The Department publishes data on the income identified from chargeable overseas visitors in England in its Annual Report and Accounts. The consolidated NHS provider accounts published cash payments received, and amounts written-off in-year by the National Health Service from overseas visitors.
The following table shows these amounts in 2023/24:
Year | 2023/24 |
Aggregate income identified | £123,000,000 |
Cash payments received in-year | £42,000,000 |
Amounts written off in-year | £44,000,000 |
Source: Department of Health and Social Care 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 in the same financial year.
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