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<p>The Injury Cost Recovery scheme is a scheme in place for the recovery of treatment
costs that applies to patients who subsequently go on to make a successful claim for
personal injury compensation against a third party. Funds recovered come primarily
from a third-party compensator or insurer.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested
is provided in the following table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>England
(£ million)</p></td><td><p>Scotland (£ million)</p></td><td><p>Wales (£ million)</p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>Ambulance Trusts (£ million)</p></td><td><p>Total (£ million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>166.11</p></td><td><p>14.41</p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>10.52</p></td><td><p>8.74</p></td><td><p>199.78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>165.58</p></td><td><p>14.93</p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>10.34</p></td><td><p>8.49</p></td><td><p>199.33</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>The Department recognises that treatment type and costs change and therefore
we do keep the setting of the tariffs under close review. However, we believe the
scheme currently strikes the right balance between risk and reward by having a simple
to administer, low cost scheme that provides significant benefit for the National
Health Service.</p><p> </p><p>Over 90% of cases recovered fall within the current
tariff cap. Whilst increasing the level of the cap may lead to increased recoveries,
this is likely to be offset by increased administrative efforts and costs, for example
with more cases becoming subject to legal challenge.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s
most recent assessment of the impact associated with the scheme is available here:</p><p>
</p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/141/memorandum/contents" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/141/memorandum/contents</a></p>
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