About the Compensation Recovery Unit
The Compensation Recovery Unit (CRU) works with insurance companies, solicitors and DWP customers, to recover:
- amounts of social security benefits paid as a result of an accident, injury or disease, where a compensation payment has been made. This is known as the Compensation Recovery Scheme.
- costs incurred by NHS hospitals for treatment of injuries from road traffic accidents. This is known as Recovery of NHS Charges.
Quick links
Compensation Recovery Unit e-service 
Updates
Compensation Recovery Unit has been recovering National Health Service (NHS) charges as a result of road traffic accidents since 1999. Where the incident occurs on or after 29 January 2007 this scheme will be extended to cover:
- Employer liability
- Public liability
- Clinical negligence and
- Other liabilities
Read about these important changes in the following documents:
