1. The total outstanding medical bills currently owed to the Trust by overseas visitors. Please provide subtotals for each hospital within the Trust.
£2,142,456.
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)
£91k, £34k and £34k
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)
Unfortunately, the information requested is unable to be provided. The Trust does not have an electronic prescribing solution or an electronic patient record. To obtain the required information would require a manual search of all patient records which would take in excess of 18 hours as specified under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act.
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.
Unfortunately, the information requested is unable to be provided. The Trust does not have an electronic prescribing solution or an electronic patient record. To obtain the required information would require a manual search of all patient records which would take in excess of 18 hours as specified under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act.
