What is the definition of immediately necessary treatment?
Immediately necessary treatment is that which a patient needs promptly: to prevent a condition from becoming immediately life-threatening; or to prevent permanent serious damage from occurring either to themselves or, in the BMA’s view, to the wider community. All maternity services are classed as immediately necessary.
When to treat a non-urgent patient in the UK?
Non-urgent treatment is routine, elective treatment that can wait until the patient leaves the UK. When should immediately necessary, urgent and non-urgent treatment be provided? Immediately necessary treatment should never be withheld or delayed.
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Do you have to pay up front for non-urgent treatment?
Where applicable, relevant bodies must recover costs up-front for non-urgent treatment. If patients do not proceed with payment, treatment will not be provided but they must be advised to present again for reassessment if their condition changes. NHS bodies are also required to record the chargeable status of patients on the NHS record.
Immediately necessary treatment is that which a patient needs promptly: to prevent a condition from becoming immediately life-threatening; or to prevent permanent serious damage from occurring either to themselves or, in the BMA’s view, to the wider community. All maternity services are classed as immediately necessary.
Non-urgent treatment is routine, elective treatment that can wait until the patient leaves the UK. When should immediately necessary, urgent and non-urgent treatment be provided? Immediately necessary treatment should never be withheld or delayed.
Where applicable, relevant bodies must recover costs up-front for non-urgent treatment. If patients do not proceed with payment, treatment will not be provided but they must be advised to present again for reassessment if their condition changes. NHS bodies are also required to record the chargeable status of patients on the NHS record.
Can a patient be billed for urgent treatment?
Patients will be informed of the charges and will be billed for the cost after receiving treatment. Similarly, urgent treatment remains chargeable but cannot be withheld from a patient.
