Migrants to be forced to pay for NHS treatment under new health tourism crackdown laws
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Migrants to be forced to pay for NHS treatment under new health tourism crackdown laws
MIGRANTS will have to pay upfront for non-urgent NHS treatment by the end of the year under plans being finalised by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.
Ministers insist no one will be denied emergency treatment under the plans.Mr Hunt believes up to £500million a year can be recovered but admitted legislation had been delayed due to Brexit.But according to fact-checking website Full Fact, so-called health tourism takes up around 0.3 per cent of the NHS budget and could include British citizens living overseas and returning to the UK for treatment. A Department of Health spokesman said: “As set out in our manifesto, the Government remains committed to ensuring overseas visitors and migrants not eligible for NHS-funded care make a fair contribution. “In the last three years we have more than trebled the amount we have identified from international visitors and migrants from £90million to £289million, and will now go further by introducing regulations in due course. “This will include making it a legal requirement that hospitals charge patients who are not eligible for free NHS treatment upfront and in full for any non-urgent care.” The Tory manifesto pledged: “Whilst the NHS will always treat people in an emergency, no matter where they are from, we will recover the cost of medical treatment from people not resident in the UK.“We will ensure that new NHS numbers are not issued to patients until their eligibility has been verified. And we will increase the Immigration Health Surcharge, to £600 for migrant workers and £450 for international students, to cover their use of the NHS. “This remains competitive compared to the costs of health insurance paid by UK nationals working or studying overseas.”. 00FastNews. New source of news.
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MIGRANTS will have to pay upfront for non-urgent NHS treatment by the end of the year under plans being finalised by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.
Ministers insist no one will be denied emergency treatment under the plans.Mr Hunt believes up to £500million a year can be recovered but admitted legislation had been delayed due to Brexit.But according to fact-checking website Full Fact, so-called health tourism takes up around 0.3 per cent of the NHS budget and could include British citizens living overseas and returning to the UK for treatment. A Department of Health spokesman said: “As set out in our manifesto, the Government remains committed to ensuring overseas visitors and migrants not eligible for NHS-funded care make a fair contribution. “In the last three years we have more than trebled the amount we have identified from international visitors and migrants from £90million to £289million, and will now go further by introducing regulations in due course. “This will include making it a legal requirement that hospitals charge patients who are not eligible for free NHS treatment upfront and in full for any non-urgent care.” The Tory manifesto pledged: “Whilst the NHS will always treat people in an emergency, no matter where they are from, we will recover the cost of medical treatment from people not resident in the UK.“We will ensure that new NHS numbers are not issued to patients until their eligibility has been verified. And we will increase the Immigration Health Surcharge, to £600 for migrant workers and £450 for international students, to cover their use of the NHS. “This remains competitive compared to the costs of health insurance paid by UK nationals working or studying overseas.”. 00FastNews. New source of news.
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