1987 No. 371
The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Amendment Regulations 1987
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of powers conferred upon him by section 121 of the National Health Service Act 19771 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following regulations:—
Citation and commencement1
These regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Amendment Regulations 1987 and shall come into force on 1st April 1987.
Amendment of regulations2
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1
The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (No. 2) Regulations 19822 (“the principal Regulations”) are amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.
2
In Schedule 1 (classification of hospitals), in the entries for Classes C1, C2, D and E, in each case, after“designated” there is inserted“immediately before 15th August 1983”3 .
3
For Schedule 2 (charges for services provided to in-patients) there is substituted the Schedule set out in Schedule 1 to these regulations.
4
For Schedule 3 (charges for services provided to persons otherwise than as in-patients) there is substituted the Schedule set out in Schedule 2 to these regulations.
Revocations3
Regulation 2(3) and (4) of, and Schedules 1 and 2 to, the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Amendment Regulations 19864 are hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Services
SCHEDULE 1SCHEDULE 2 TO THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS AS SUBSTITUTED BY THESE REGULATIONS
SCHEDULE 2DAILY CHARGES FOR SERVICES PROVIDED FOR OVERSEAS VISITORS AS IN-PATIENTS
Column (1)
Column (2)
Column (3)
Class of hospital in which services are provided
Single Room
Other Accommodation
£
£
Class A
(Long-stay hospitals)
83
75
Class B
(Psychiatric hospitals)
70
64
Class C1
(Mainly acute and other hospitals in non-teaching districts)
138
125
Class C2
(Acute and other hospitals in non-teaching districts)
157
142
Class D
(Hospitals in London teaching districts (other than hospitals in Classes A and B))
219
199
Class E
(Hospitals in provincial teaching districts (other than hospitals in Classes A and B))
174
158
Class F
(London Postgraduate Teaching Hospitals managed by Special Health Authorities except the Hospitals for Sick Children and the National Heart and Chest Hospitals)
238
217
Class G
(The Hospitals for Sick Children and the National Heart and Chest Hospitals)
335
305
The appropriate single room rate (Column (2)) shall be charged for any day on which a patient is occupying a room—
- a
with a floor area of not less than 10 square metres (8 square metres for children under 10 years) completely enclosed by partitions and doors; and
- b
which has been decorated in the past 7 years; and
- c
not shared with other patient.
SCHEDULE 2SCHEDULE 3 TO THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS AS SUBSTITUTED BY THESE REGULATIONS
SCHEDULE 3CHARGES FOR SERVICES PROVIDED FOR OVERSEAS VISITORS OTHERWISE THAN AS IN-PATIENTS
Column (1)
Column (2)
Column (3)
Services Provided
Hospital Class A-E
Hospital Class F and G
£
£
1
For a patient on each attendance at a hospital other than attendances directlyassociated with the procedures listed in paragraphs 3-10 of this Schedule.
13.50
20.00
DAY CASES AND DAY PATIENTS2
For investigation, therapeutic test, operative procedure or other treatmentinvolving the provision of accommodation and services—per day, exclusive of charges for procedures listed in paragraphs 3—10, for a patient who attends as a non-resident patient and requires some form of preparation or a period of recovery or both—
i
where the treatment is not part of a course of treatment lasting morethan one day;
26.50
27.50
ii
where treatment is part of a course of treatment lasting more than one day.
31.00
32.00
PATHOLOGY3
For each request for pathological investigation received by the laboratory inrespect of one patient and executed in one department of the laboratory, irrespective of the number of tests involved.
7.00
13.50
RADIODIAGNOSIS, NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND ULTRASOUND4
i
Subject to (ii), for each procedure listed in Schedule 4 (charge per unit value).
0.78
1.00
ii
Minimum charge for aggregated unit value of procedures during any one visit to a radiology department.
12.50
16.00
iii
CT Scanning. For all scans.
96.00
115.00
RADIOTHERAPY5
For treatment in any one day.
18.00
44.50
PHYSIOTHERAPY AND REMEDIAL GYMNASTICS6
For each attendance.
5.00
9.00
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY7
For treatment in any one day.
7.00
10.00
OTHER DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES8
i
Audiometry.
5.00
5.00
ii
Electrocardiography. For each testing session.
9.00
16.50
iii
Electroencephalography. For each testing session.
37.00
72.50
iv
Electromyography. For each testing session.
23.00
44.50
USE OF OPERATING THEATRE FACILITIES9
Operating theatre facilities booked as required:
i
For less than 10 minutes.
22.00
27.00
ii
For 10 minutes to 30 minutes.
42.50
54.00
iii
For more than 30 minutes.
64.50
81.00
DIALYSIS10
For haemodialysis or intermittent peritoneal dialysis:
i
With training or routine at a hospital—per session.
104.00
104.00
ii
Routine, at home—per session.
66.00
66.00
iii
Minimal Care Unit—per session.
85.00
85.00
For continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (including continuous cycling peritoneal dialysis)—per day.
31.50
31.50
(This note is not part of the Regulations)