Recovery of NHS charges: tariff and cap increase from 2 October 2023
Updated 25 September 2024
Applies to England, Scotland and Wales
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1. The NHS Injury Cost Recovery (ICR) Scheme: increase in the tariff and ceiling on charges
The Compensation Recovery Unit, on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), currently administers the above scheme, which allows for the recovery of National Health Service (NHS) costs following injuries where people claim and receive personal injury compensation.
Following recent industry consultation ran by DHSC, the tariff and ceiling on charges (cap) payable by Compensators for the recovery of NHS treatment and ambulance charges under the NHS Injury Cost Recovery scheme will increase from 2 October 2023.听 The increases will apply only to injuries sustained on or after this date.
This uplift in the level of charges is to reflect the unusually high rate of inflation and specifically the higher agreed NHS pay settlement for wages for hospital and community health service staff. The mid-year tariff uplift is to address the gap between forecast and actual pay inflation.
Scotland will also lay regulations to increase the tariff and ceiling of charges in line with England and Wales both in terms of amounts and implementation date.
2. Jersey and Guernsey motor traffic costs recovery
Jersey Health and Social 天美影院 Division (Jersey HSSD) and States of Guernsey (acting by and through the Committee for Health and Social Care) will also increase their tariff and ceiling of cap charges, in line with the DHSC NHS ICR scheme.
3. Tariff charges: England, Scotland, Wales, Jersey and Guernsey
The following tables can be used as a quick reference guide:
听Treatment and ambulance journey charges
| Accident date (on or after) |
Out-patient | In-patient | Cap | Ambulance charges (per person per journey) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre 2 July 1997 | 拢295 | 拢435 | 拢3,000 | 听 |
| 2 July 1997 | 拢354 | 拢435 | 拢10,000 | 听 |
| 1 January 2003 | 拢440 | 拢541 | 拢30,000 | 听 |
| 1 April 2003 | 拢452 | 拢556 | 拢33,000 | 听 |
| 1 April 2004 | 拢473 | 拢582 | 拢34,800 | 听 |
| 1 April 2005 | 拢483 | 拢593 | 拢35,500 | 听 |
| 1 April 2006 | 拢505 | 拢620 | 拢37,100 | 听 |
| 29 January 2007 | 拢505 | 拢620 | 拢37,100 | 拢159 |
| 1 April 2008 | 拢547 | 拢672 | 拢40,179 | 拢165 |
| 1 April 2009 | 拢566 | 拢695 | 拢41,545 | 拢171 |
| 1 April 2010 | 拢585 | 拢719 | 拢42,999 | 拢177 |
| 1 April 2011 | 拢600 | 拢737 | 拢44,056 | 拢181 |
| 1 April 2012 | 拢615 | 拢755 | 拢45,153 | 拢185 |
| 1 April 2013 | 拢627 | 拢770 | 拢46,046 | 拢189 |
| 1 April 2014 | 拢637 | 拢783 | 拢46,831 | 拢192 |
| 1 April 2015 | 拢647 | 拢796 | 拢47,569 | 拢195 |
| 1 April 2016 | 拢665 | 拢817 | 拢48,849 | 拢201 |
| 1 April 2017 | 拢678 | 拢833 | 拢49,824 | 拢205 |
| 1 April 2018 | 拢688 | 拢846 | 拢50,561 | 拢208 |
| 1 April 2019 | 拢725 | 拢891 | 拢53,278 | 拢219 |
| 1 April 2020 | 拢743 | 拢913 | 拢54,566 | 拢224 |
| 1 April 2021 | 拢744 | 拢915 | 拢54,682 | 拢225 |
| 1 April 2022 | 拢766 | 拢941 | 拢56,260 | 拢231 |
| 1 April 2023 | 拢788 | 拢968 | 拢57,892 | 拢238 |
| 2 October 2023 | 拢806 | 拢991 | 拢59,248 | 拢243 |
4. Any questions?
If you have any queries regarding this communication or change, please contact:
The DWP CRU Customer Feedback Team
Telephone: 0800 15 13196
Email: CRU.Customerfeedback@dwp.gov.uk