Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 15620

Hospital Beds: Foreign Nationals

Tabled: 21 November 2024
Answered: 27 November 2024

Question

Rupert Lowe

Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2024 to Question 14365 on Hospital Beds: Foreign Nationals, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of collecting data on the occupation of hosp

Answer

Karin Smyth
There are no plans to collect this data centrally; it is for National Health Service trusts to manage bed occupancy regardless of whether the patient is chargeable or not.