Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 75592

NHS: Foreign Nationals

Tabled: 8 September 2025

Answered: 11 September 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to seek payment from foreign nationals for NHS treatment.

Answer

Ashley Dalton

In England, the National Health Service is a residency-based system. Only people who are ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom or otherwise exempt from charges under the NHS (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2015, are eligible for NHS healthc...

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