Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 88172
Health Services: Foreign Nationals
Tabled: 4 November 2025
Answered: 18 November 2025
Question
James McMurdock
Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review the circumstances in which non-UK nationals can use the NHS free of charge.
Answer
Karin SmythThe Department has no plans at present to review the circumstances in which non-United Kingdom nationals can use the National Health Service free of charge.We continue to work with NHS England to ensure that the system of cost recovery from overseas visit...
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