NHS Trusts: Private Patients

(asked on 28th November 2016) - View Source
Questioner
Justin Madders Portrait
Justin Madders
(Labour - Ellesmere Port and Neston)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much in fees from private patients (a) was collected by and (b) remain outstanding to NHS trusts in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

Answered by
Philip Dunne Portrait
Philip Dunne
This question was answered on 5th December 2016

The income recorded from National Health Service providers from private patients for the past five years is in the table below. Any surplus generated from the treatment of private patients is reinvested by the provider for the benefit of NHS patients.

2011-12 £000s

2012-13 £000s

2013-14 £000s

2014-15 £000s

2015-16 £000s

454,062

478,761

501,708

526,138

558,194

For the sake of consistency the figures for 2011-12 and 2012-13 include private patient income from primary care trust (PCT) providers. All PCTs ceased providing healthcare from 2013-14.

The Department does not collect figures for outstanding fees from private patients.

Source: Department of Health Annual Report and Accounts 2011-2016

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