The purpose of the Regulations are to make provisions concerning the amounts to be recovered from compensators through the Injury Costs Recovery Scheme. As well as setting the tariff for outpatient and inpatient treatment, the provision of NHS ambulance services and the maximum amount to be recovered in relation to any one injury, these Regulations also set out how the Scheme is to deal with a range of circumstances in which the amounts to be recovered may need to be adjusted.
The key objective is to maximise funds available to NHS board hospitals by allowing the recovery of the costs of treatment in cases where the treatment is required as a result of a third party’s failures or negligence. The legislation stipulates that all monies recovered through the ICR Scheme must be used to provide goods and services for the benefit of patients or, where appropriate, for the purposes of the Scottish Ambulance Service(SAS).
