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Ambulance fee

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  • 24-01-2015 6:58pm
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    P_Fitz
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    I was brought into A&E yesterday after a road traffic accident. Is there a charge for that, and if so what is it. I stayed the night and am back out now, nobody mentioned a fee, do they post one out? Who is liable for the fee? I was a pedestrian and a car hit me.


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    flazio
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    The hospital is likely to charge you a fee for A+E. The ambulance service won't.
    Hope you're okay now.


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    Potential-Monke
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    If you do get a charge (from A&E, not the ambulance), then you can either pay it and hold onto the receipt, or tell them the situation and put the claim against the motorists insurance. That's if the driver was in the wrong. Not saying they were or weren't!


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    Pilarica
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    P_Fitz wrote: »
    I was brought into A&E yesterday after a road traffic accident. Is there a charge for that, and if so what is it. I stayed the night and am back out now, nobody mentioned a fee, do they post one out? Who is liable for the fee? I was a pedestrian and a car hit me.

    Did you find out? is it free when an ambulance calls to your house in galway? My baby had a small emergency so I called to get advice and by the tune they were here even though they were quite fast I had sorted it out. It was more a first time mom panic.


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    [Deleted User]
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    Pilarica wrote: »
    Did you find out? is it free when an ambulance calls to your house in galway? My baby had a small emergency so I called to get advice and by the tune they were here even though they were quite fast I had sorted it out. It was more a first time mom panic.

    There is no fee for ambulance. If you were brought to a&e the hospital would charge you for that.


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    Dozen Wicked Words
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    I thought, probably incorrectly, that they ask you if you are putting in a claim for injury from the collision, if you are then they do charge you, 160 odd or something, otherwise you don't pay. Some or all of that could well be completely wrong.


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    Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »
    I thought, probably incorrectly, that they ask you if you are putting in a claim for injury from the collision, if you are then they do charge you, 160 odd or something, otherwise you don't pay. Some or all of that could well be completely wrong.

    All of it. Ambulance don't charge. Some fire brigades charge for call outs not medical related. That's why insurance has fire brigade cover.


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