The Personal Injuries (NHS Charges) (General) and Road Traffic (NHS Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2006

Information to be provided in relation to an injured person

5.—(1) A person specified in section 160(1)(a) shall send to the Compensation Recovery Unit the information set out in paragraph (3)(a) and (b) and, where known, the information set out in paragraph (3)(c) to (g) not later than 14 days after the date on which the claim in respect of the injury is made by or on behalf of the injured person.

(2) A person specified in section 160(1)(b) to (e) shall send to the Compensation Recovery Unit, where known, such information set out in paragraph (3) as the Secretary of State may request not later than 14 days after the date of the request.

(3) The information referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) is—

(a) the full name and address of the injured person;

(b) the full name and address of —

(i) the person against whom the claim is made, and

(ii) anyone acting on behalf of that person;

(c) the date of birth or national insurance number of that person;

(d) the date on which the injury occurred;

(e) the nature of the injury;

(f) in respect of NHS treatment received at a hospital in respect of the injury—

(i) the name and address of the hospital, and

(ii) whether the injured person was admitted to hospital and if so the date of admission and discharge; and

(g) in respect of NHS ambulance services provided to the injured person as a result of his injury—

(i) the name and address of the ambulance trust which provided those services,

(ii) the date on which the services were provided, and

(iii) the name and address of any hospital to which the injured person was taken.

(4) The responsible body of each hospital at which an injured person received NHS treatment in respect of his injury shall send the following information in relation to that person to the Compensation Recovery Unit not later than 14 days after the date on which the Secretary of State requests it—

(a) the date the treatment began;

(b) whether, and if so, the date on which, NHS ambulance services were provided to the injured person, as a result of his injury, for the purpose of taking him to a hospital in relation to which it is the responsible body (including taking him from one such hospital to another such hospital);

(c) whether the injured person was admitted to a hospital in relation to which it is the responsible body and, if so, the dates of admission and discharge;

(d) where known, the name and address of any other hospital at which the injured person received treatment; and

(e) whether there is likely to be further treatment in respect of the injury.

(5) Any ambulance trust which provided NHS ambulance services to an injured person as a result of his injury shall send the following information in relation to that person to the Compensation Recovery Unit not later than 14 days after the date on which the Secretary of State requests it—

(a) the date on which those services were provided to the injured person as a result of his injury; and

(b) the name and address of any hospital to which the injured person was taken for NHS treatment.