Payments to hospitals or ambulance trusts

Payment of F1health care charges to hospitals or ambulance trustsI114

1

If the Department receives a payment of relevant F1health care charges under Article 3(2)—

a

if the payment relates only to F1health care treatment received at a F1health care hospital, the Department shall pay the amount received to the responsible body of the F1health care hospital,

b

if the payment relates only to the provision of F1health care ambulance services the Department shall pay the amount received to the relevant ambulance trust,

c

if the payment relates to F1health care treatment received at more than one F1health care hospital, the Department shall divide the amount received among the responsible bodies of the hospitals concerned in such manner as it considers appropriate,

d

if the payment relates to F1health care treatment received at one or more F1health care hospitals and the provision of F1health care ambulance services, the Department shall divide the amount received among the responsible body or bodies of the hospital or hospitals and any relevant ambulance trusts concerned in such manner as it considers appropriate.

2

Paragraph (1) does not apply to any amount received by the Department under Article 3(2) which it is required to repay in accordance with regulations under Article 5(2).

3

Regulations under this Article may—

a

make provision for the manner in which and intervals at which any payments due under this Article are to be made,

b

make provision for cases where the responsible body of the F1health care hospital or relevant ambulance trust concerned has ceased to exist (including provision modifying this Order).

4

Any amounts received under this Article by the responsible bodies of the F1health care hospitals concerned shall be used for the purposes of providing goods and services for the benefit of patients receiving F1health care treatment at those hospitals.

5

Any amounts received under this Article by the relevant ambulance trusts concerned shall be used for the purposes of F1health care ambulance services.

6

In this Article—

  • “relevant ambulance trust” means the F2HSC trust which is designated by the Department for the purposes of this Article in relation to the F1health care hospital to which the injured person was taken for treatment;

  • “responsible body” has the meaning given in Article 12(4).