HC5(t) refunds of Non primary services referred by Consultant/GP at provider units Blood Taking Unit/X-Ray department

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Dear Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust,

Further to the reply from

NHS Business Services Authority
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stating to contact you for the information

In section 2.240 in the Claims Assessment Manual version 21
Refund of Travel for NHS Treatment
for provider units (hospitals, clinics and specialist centres)

it states
2.240 (i)
... travel for treatment is to receive non-primary care
... under the care of a consultant or GP

I note the definition of primary care
http://www.aacom.org/become-a-doctor/med...
"Primary care physicians are able to provide comprehensive care to a person. Their focus is on the personal health of an individual. They are the professionals with whom people first interface when entering into the medical system. And a primary care physician implies a professional who will have an ongoing, longitudinal relationship with a patient, and a coordinating role for how that patient will interact with the health care system."
and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_care "is the day-to-day healthcare given by a health care provider. Typically this provider acts as the first contact"
which is a GP surgery

Refund of Travel for NHS Treatment is for travel for treatment is to receive
non-primary care
at
for provider units (hospitals, clinics and specialist centres)

What for the purpose of HC5(t) travel cost refund are non-primary services?

For example 2.240 notes A&E travel is refundable, if for a preexisting condition under care of consultant.

If referred by consultant/GP, are visits to the provider units (hospitals, clinics and specialist centres),
Blood Taking Unit refundable?

If referred by consultant/GP, are visits to provider units (hospitals, clinics and specialist centres),
X-Ray department refundable?

Yours faithfully,

I Cau

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