Termination of Pregnancy: Increase in charges

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A decision made on 2 May 2013:

Decision Reference: MD-HSS-2013-0016
Decision Summary Title :	Increase in Charge for Termination of Pregnancy		Date of Decision Summary:	4 April 2013
Decision Summary Author:	Director of Operations General Hospital		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	n/a
Written Report Title :	Increase in Charge for Termination of Pregnancy		Date of Written Report:	4 April 2013
Written Report Author:	Director of Operations General Hospital		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Subject: Increase in Charge for termination of Pregnancy.
Decision(s): The Minister agreed to an increase in the charges for the termination of a pregnancy from: May 2013 from £155.00 to £185.00 January 2014 from £185.00 to £225.00 January 2015 from £225.00 to £275.00
Reason(s) for Decision: The rationale for the increased charge is to support the closing of the gap between charges and cost recovery as increases have not occurred since 2003. The actual cost of a medical termination is £320 The actual cost of a surgical termination is £986 Inflationary increases have not been applied to this charge and this proposal seeks to address this. There is no intention to work towards a full cost recovery at this stage but had we increased the charges each year from 2003 the charge for this procedure in 2013 would be £198.00.
Resource Implications: To support the HSS financial position.
MD-HSS-2013-0016 Action required: (i) To seek approval of the Treasurer of the States (ii) Director of Operations General Hospital to increase charges
Signature:		Position: Minister for Health and Social Services
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):