HL Deb 10 October 2003 vol 653 c86WA
Baroness Noakes

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will state the financial basis on which National Health Service trusts are permitted to raise income from private patients and in particular whether National Health Service trusts are required to cover all costs, including apportionments of overheads and capital charges.

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Lord Warner

National Health Service trusts are required to recover full, costs, including apportioned overheads and apportioned capital charges, from the charges they make for services offered to private patients. NHS trusts have the powers to generate income in order to benefit their core NHS services in accordance with Section 7 of the Health and Medicines Act 1998.