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Statutory Instruments

2023 No. 220

National Health Service, England And Wales

The Personal Injuries (NHS Charges) (Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

Made

27th February 2023

Laid before Parliament

28th February 2023

Coming into force

1st April 2023

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 153(2) and (5), 167(1), 168 and 195(1) and (2) of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003(1).

In accordance with section 195(3) of that Act, the Secretary of State has consulted with the Welsh Ministers(2).

Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Personal Injuries (NHS Charges) (Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 and come into force on 1stApril 2023.

(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.

(3) In these Regulations, “principal Regulations” means the Personal Injuries (NHS Charges) (Amounts) Regulations 2015(3).

Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations

2.  In Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (amount of NHS charges), substitute the following table for the existing table—

(1)

(2)

Ambulance services

£

(3)

Out-patient

£

(4)

In-patient

£

(5)

Maximum

£

29th January 200715950562037,100
1st April 200816554767240,179
1st April 200917156669541,545
1st April 201017758571942,999
1st April 201118160073744,056
1st April 201218561575545,153
1st April 201318962777046,046
1st April 201419263778346,831
1st April 201519564779647,569
1st April 201620166581748,849
1st April 201720567883349,824
1st April 201820868884650,561
1st April 201921972589153,278
1st April 202022474391354,566
1st April 202122574491554,682
1st April 202223176694156,260
1st April 202323878896857,892

Revocation

3.  The Personal Injuries (NHS Charges) (Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2022(4) are revoked.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.

Will Quince

Minister of State,

Department of Health and Social Care

27th February 2023

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Personal Injuries (NHS Charges) (Amounts) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/295) (“the principal Regulations”) which make provision about the charges payable under the scheme for the recovery of NHS charges in cases where an injured person who receives a compensation payment in respect of their injury has received NHS hospital treatment or ambulance services.

Regulation 2 amends the principal Regulations by substituting a table in Schedule 1. This table provides for increased charges in respect of injuries which occur on or after 1st April 2023. Where the injured person is provided with NHS ambulance services, the charge will be £238 (compared with £231, which is the charge in respect of injuries occurring on or after 1st April 2022, but no later than 31st March 2023). Where the injured person receives NHS treatment, but is not admitted to hospital, the charge will be £788 (compared with £766 for injuries incurred the previous year). The daily charge for NHS in-patient treatment will be £968 (compared with £941 for injuries incurred the previous year). The maximum charge in respect of an injury will be £57,892 (compared with £56,260 for injuries incurred the previous year).

Regulation 3 revokes the Personal Injuries (NHS Charges) (Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/166).

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.

(1)

2003 c. 43. By virtue of section 167(1), the powers are exercisable in relation to England and Wales by the Secretary of State. Section 168 is cited for the definition of “prescribed”. Amendments to section 195 are not relevant to the power as exercised in these Regulations.

(2)

Functions conferred or imposed on the National Assembly for Wales immediately before the first appointment of a First Minister under section 46 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32) (“GOWA”) by an enactment contained in an Act were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by section 162(1) of, and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to, GOWA.

(3)

S.I. 2015/295, amended by S.I. 2022/166.

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