This option meets the costs of outpatient specialist consultations diagnostic tests on specialist referral and clinical practitioner charges up to a maximum of £1000 a year.

In addition, specialist supervised computerised tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography (PET) are paid in full at a scanning centre that is listed in the Directory of Hospitals. An out of directory scanning cash benefit of £50 is available for scanning centres that are not listed on the Directory of Hospitals.