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

LabourHornsey 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 Whately
The 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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