FOI 1657 – Abortion Costs and Tariffs

Response

Date: 6 September 2022

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Dear Sir / Madam,

FOI Reference Number: 1657

I would like to know how much the Integrated Care Board (ICB) pays providers for a variety of abortion services in the context of the NHS England national tariff payment system.

Below is a partial table of the national tariff prices (2022/23) for abortion procedures, as set out by NHS England: https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/22-23NT_Annex-DtA-National-tariff-workbook.xlsx (tab APC & OPROC, rows 1,704 to 1,713)

To respond to the FOI, please can you fill out the third column of the table below with how much the ICB pays providers for each procedure set out in the first column. The second column is the rate for each procedure according to the national tariff system.

Please see letter response for table.

Our response:

I can confirm that we follow the national tariff, as detailed above.

I hope that this answers your queries with the information we currently hold, but if I can be of any further assistance please do not hesitate to contact me.

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your original letter and should be addressed to:

NHS Derby and Derbyshire ICB
FOI Team
Scarsdale
Nightingale Close
Newbold
Chesterfield
S41 7PF

Or:

ddicb.foi@nhs.net

If you are not content with the outcome of our review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board (ICB).

The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioners Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF, telephone 0303 123 1113, email casework@ico.org.uk.

Yours faithfully,

Kathryn Jacklin
FOI Officer
Derby and Derbyshire ICB

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