Part 9Charging
Other provisions relating to charging
185Charges for more expensive supplies
1
Regulations may provide for the making and recovery of such charges falling within subsection (2) as may be prescribed.
2
The charges are charges by the Secretary of State, F5F8NHS England, F7an integrated care board, a local authority,F4... an NHS trust or an NHS foundation trust—
a
in respect of the supply of any appliance or vehicle which is, at the request of the person supplied, of a more expensive type than the prescribed type, or
b
in respect of the repair or replacement of any such appliance, or the replacement of any such vehicle, or the taking of any such action in relation to the vehicle as is mentioned in paragraph 10(2) of Schedule 1.
186Charges for repairs and replacements in certain cases
1
Regulations may provide for the making and recovery of such charges falling within subsection (2) as may be prescribed.
2
The charges are charges by the Secretary of State, F11F8NHS England, F13an integrated care board, a local authority,F1... an NHS trust or an NHS foundation trust, in respect of the repair or replacement of any appliance or vehicle, where it is determined in the prescribed manner—
a
in any case, that the repair or replacement was necessitated by an act or omission of the person supplied, or
b
in a case where the person supplied was under the age of 16, that the repair or replacement was necessitated by an act or omission, occurring while that person was under that age, of a person having charge of him.
186AF2Charges in respect of public health functions
1
The Secretary of State may make charges under this subsection in respect of any step taken under section 2A.
2
The power conferred by subsection (1) does not apply in respect of the provision of a service or facility to an individual, or the taking of any other step in relation to an individual, for the purpose of protecting the individual's health.
3
Charges under subsection (1) may be calculated on such basis as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
4
Regulations may provide for the making and recovery of charges in respect of—
a
the taking of prescribed steps by a local authority under section 2A (by virtue of regulations under section 6C(1)), and
b
the taking of prescribed steps by a local authority under section 2B.
5
Regulations under subsection (4) may make provision as to the calculation of charges authorised by the regulations, including provision prescribing the amount or the maximum amount that may be charged.
6
Nothing in this section affects any other power conferred by or under this Act to make charges.
187Charges for designated services or facilities
188Sums otherwise payable to those providing services
1
Subsection (2) applies to regulations under—
a
section 172 (charges for drugs, medicines or appliances, or pharmaceutical service),
b
section 179 (charges for optical appliances),
c
section 185 (charges for more expensive supplies), or
d
section 186 (charges for repairs and replacements in certain cases),
which provide for the making and recovery of charges in respect of any services.
2
The regulations may provide for the sums which would otherwise be payable by F6F8NHS England or F3an integrated care boardF9... or Special Health Authority to the persons by whom the services are provided, to be reduced by the amount of the charges authorised by the regulations in respect of the services.
189Hospital accommodation on part payment
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The Secretary of State—
a
may authorise accommodation to be made available for patients to such extent as he may determine, and
b
may recover such charges as he may determine in respect of such accommodation and calculate them on any basis that he considers to be the appropriate commercial basis.
2
Accommodation means—
a
accommodation in single rooms or small wards which is not needed by any patient on medical grounds,
b
accommodation at any health service hospital or group of hospitals, or a hospital in which patients are treated under arrangements made by virtue of section 12, or at the health service hospitals in a particular area or a hospital in which patients are so treated.
3
References in subsection (2) to a health service hospital include references to such a hospital within the meaning of section 206 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (c. 42), but do not include references to a hospital vested in an NHS trust or an NHS foundation trust.
190Expenses payable by employed patients
1
The Secretary of State may require any person—
a
who is a resident patient for whom the Secretary of State provides services under this Act, and
b
who is absent during the day from the hospital where he is a patient for the purpose of engaging in remunerative employment,
to pay such part of the cost of his maintenance in the hospital and any incidental cost as may seem reasonable to the Secretary of State having regard to the amount of that person's remuneration.
2
The Secretary of State may recover the amount required under subsection (1).