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Admin (Retired)
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- Type 1
MORE than ?230,000 in unpaid fees for treatments at the Great Western Hospital is owed by overseas visitors.
As of August 31, the hospital had ?231,168 to reclaim from 93 overseas patients who had been invoiced for treatment, but not paid.
Across the county the average figure owed to NHS hospitals is around ?330,000.
An official with Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said: ?We have seen an increase in the amount of money owed by patients over recent years, since the trust has been more proactive in identifying and invoicing patients required to pay for treatment.
http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/10704840.Visitors_owe_GWH_upwards_of___230k/
As of August 31, the hospital had ?231,168 to reclaim from 93 overseas patients who had been invoiced for treatment, but not paid.
Across the county the average figure owed to NHS hospitals is around ?330,000.
An official with Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said: ?We have seen an increase in the amount of money owed by patients over recent years, since the trust has been more proactive in identifying and invoicing patients required to pay for treatment.
http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/10704840.Visitors_owe_GWH_upwards_of___230k/