Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 24089
Accident and Emergency Departments: Migrants
Tabled: 29 April 2024
Answered: 1 May 2024
Question
Catherine West
Labour — Hornsey and Friern Barnet
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance her Department provides to NHS A&E departments to ensure staff are aware that A&E services are free of charge regardless of immigration status.
Answer
Helen WhatelyThe Department issues guidance to the National Health Service on charging overseas visitors for some NHS services. This guidance is reviewed regularly and makes it clear that some services, including accident and emergency, are free at the point of delive...
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