Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 23519

Health Services: Asylum

Tabled: 13 January 2025
Answered: 16 January 2025
Named Day

Question

Nick Timothy

Conservative — West Suffolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department issues to NHS England on extending the legal duty to provide care for asylum seekers to individuals with rejected asylum applications; and whether that guidance is mand

Answer

Karin Smyth
Guidance for the National Health Service has been published, and is available at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/guidance/nhs-entitlements-migrant-health-guideThe guidance underlines the need for NHS bodies to act in line with the relevant legislati...
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