Internal Reference Number: FOI_6889
Date Request Received: 23/11/2022 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 16/12/2022 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Outstanding medical bills currently owed to the Trust by overseas visitors
Request Category: Private Individuals
Question Number 1: The total outstanding medical bills currently owed to the Trust by overseas visitors. Please provide subtotals for each hospital within the Trust. | |
Answer To Question 1: £42,406.78 as at 9th December 2022 - it should be noted that this includes any invoices raised within the previous 30 days, which are technically not yet overdue. | |
Question Number 2: The top three highest outstanding medical bills owed to the Trust by individual overseas visitors and the nationality of those visitors. (i.e. £495,000 owed by an individual from France) | |
Answer To Question 2: £6480 - Nigeria £5585.77 - Fiji £5103 - Philippines | |
Question Number 3: Of the total amount owed to the Trust, please provide a breakdown of the nationalities of overseas visitors who currently have outstanding medical bills (i.e. visitors from USA: £200,000 / visitors from Japan: £130,000) | |
Answer To Question 3: Although this is information held, it is not held in a reportable format and would involve reviewing all documents individually. Please see Sect 12 refusal notice attached. | |
Question Number 4: Please provide a breakdown of medical procedures that the outstanding medical bills relate to, for example £300,000 owed for Kidney disease treatments, for the Trust as a whole. | |
Answer To Question 4: Although this is information held, it is not held in a reportable format and would involve reviewing all documents individually. Please see Sect 12 refusal notice attached. | |
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