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The Trust was established as Doncaster Healthcare NHS Trust on 1 November 1991, [1] and renamed the Doncaster and South Humber Healthcare NHS Trust on 1 October 1999 [2] following the dissolution of Scunthorpe Community Health Care NHS Trust [3] and merger of its services into the Trust. In April 2002 the Trust took on responsibility for the ...
GP Fundholding was created in 1991 [1] as part of the quasi-market created in the National Health Service by the Thatcher Government's National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990.
The NHS in Scotland was established as a separate entity with its own legislation, the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1947, from the foundation of the NHS in 1948. Northern Ireland likewise had its own legislation in 1948.
People entitled to most means-tested benefits do not need to use the scheme as they are exempt from these charges. People who receive working tax credit or child tax credit are automatically assessed and, if entitled, issued with an NHS Tax Credit Exemption Certificate. Tax credit beneficiaries with an income of less than £15,276 (2013 figure ...
It is an interest-free loan. The Social Fund Directions make clear that the purpose of the loan is to help meet intermittent expenses which the applicant has difficulty in budgeting for. [13] The structure of the BL scheme was subsequently adjusted several times. Buck identifies four periods of policy development. [14]
VAT benefits arise because NHS trusts can only claim VAT back on a small subset of goods and services they buy. The Value Added Tax Act 1994 provides a mechanism through which NHS trusts can qualify for refunds on contracted out services. [16] In September, the trust was selected by NHS England as one of twelve Global Digital Exemplars. [17]
Since the trust has stabilised its financial position it has been able to repay £18m of these loans over the last three financial years – £2m in 2007/08, £8m in 2008/09 and a further £8m last year. Under the terms of the loan agreement the trust was scheduled to make two further repayments of £8m each year in the next two years.
The legal basis was the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) Regulations SI no 551 of 1988. Before 1988 there was a scheme but there was no statutory basis and the costs incurred were met centrally. From 1988 Health Authorities met the cost of expenditure. Subsequently costs were transferred to NHS trusts. New ...