1987 No. 387 (S. 37)

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, SCOTLAND

The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1987

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 98 and 108(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 19781, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation1

1

These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1987 and shall come into force on 1st April 1987.

2

In these Regulations “the principal regulations” means the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Scotland) Regulations 19822.

Amendment of the principal regulations2

1

For Schedule 2 to the principal regulations (daily charges for services provided for overseas visitors as in-patients)3 there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

2

For Schedule 3 to the principal regulations (charges for services provided for overseas visitors otherwise than as in-patients)4 there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

Revocations3

Regulations 3 and 4 of, and Schedules 1 and 2 to the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Amendment Regulations 19855 are hereby revoked.

GlenarthurMinister of State, Scottish OfficeNew St. Andrew’s House,Edinburgh

SCHEDULE 1Schedule to be substituted for Schedule 2 to the principal regulations

Regulation 2(1)

SCHEDULE 2DAILY CHARGES FOR SERVICES PROVIDED FOR OVERSEAS VISITORS AS IN-PATIENTS

Regulation 2(2)

Column (1)

Column (2)

Column (3)

Class of hospital in whichservices are provided

Single room

Other accommodation

£

£

1

197

179

2

139

127

4

153

138

5

124

113

6

141

129

7

205

186

8

87

80

9

86

78

10

71

65

11

143

130

12

120

109

13

98

89

14

121

112

15

155

141

16

67

61

17

60

54

18

62

57

19

64

58

20

58

52

21

91

84

22

187

170

23

113

103

24

207

188

25

170

154

26

217

197

27

76

69

28

111

101

29

97

88

31

85

77

32

66

60

34

59

53

35

55

49

38

63

57

39

54

49

40

44

40

42

187

171

44

80

73

SCHEDULE 2Schedule to be substituted for Schedule 3 to the principal regulations

Regulation 2(2)

SCHEDULE 3CHARGES FOR SERVICES PROVIDED FOR OVERSEAS VISITORS OTHERWISE THAN AS IN-PATIENTS

Regulation 2(3)

Column (1)

Column (2)

Services provided

All classes of hospital

1

For a patient on each attendance at a hospital other than attendances directly associated with the procedures listed in paragraphs 3-10 of this Schedule

£ 13.50

DAY CASES AND DAY PATIENTS

2

For investigation, therapeutic test, operative procedure or other treatment and who require some form of preparation or period of recovery, or both, involving the provision of accommodation and services per day exclusive of charges for procedures listed in paragraphs 3-10 of this Schedule for a patient who attends as a non-resident patient

i

whose treatment takes no longer than one day

£ 26.50

ii

who attends as part of course of regular treatment which takes place on more than one day

£ 31.00

PATHOLOGY

3

For each request for pathological investigation received by the laboratory in respect of one patient and executed in one department of the laboratory, irrespective of the number of tests involved

£ 7.00

RADIODIAGNOSIS, NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND ULTRASOUND

4

i

Subject to ii, for each procedure listed in Schedule 4 (charge per unit value)

£ 0.78

ii

Minimum charge for aggregated unit value of procedures during any one visit to a radiology department

£ 12.50

iii

CT Scanning: For all Scans

£ 96.00

RADIOTHERAPY

5

For treatment in any one day

£ 18.00

PHYSIOTHERAPY AND REMEDIAL GYMNASTICS

6

Per attendance

£ 5.00

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

7

For treatment in any one day

£ 7.00

OTHER DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES

8

i

Audiometry

£ 5.00

ii

Electrocardiography: for each testing session

£ 9.00

iii

Electroencephalography: for each testing session

£ 37.00

iv

Electromyography: for each testing session

£ 23.00

USE OF OPERATING THEATRE FACILITIES

9

Operating theatre facilities booked as required:

i

For less than 10 minutes

£ 22.00

ii

For 10 minutes to 30 minutes

£ 42.50

iii

For more than 30 minutes

£ 64.50

DIALYSIS

10

For haemodialysis or intermittent peritoneal dialysis:

i

with training, or routine, at a hospital - per session

£104.00

ii

routine, at home - per session

£ 66.00

iii

minimal care unit - per session

£ 85.00

For continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (including continuous cycling peritoneal dialysis) - per day

£ 31.50

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Scotland) Regulations 1982 ( “the principal regulations”) by increasing, by an average of 9.6% for in-patients and 6.1% for out-patients, the sums prescribed in Schedules 2 and 3 to the principal regulations as charges to certain overseas visitors for services forming part of the health service. They also alter at item 2 of Schedule 3 to the principal regulations the classification of day cases so as to draw a distinction between those receiving treatment on one day only and those who attend on more than one day as part of a course of regular treatment.

These Regulations also revoke earlier amending regulations which increased prescribed sums.