Pregnant and ill migrants going without medical care as Government intensifies NHS immigration policy Pregnant and seriously ill migrants are going without medical care because they are afraid of receiving bills they cannot pay and subsequently being referred to the Home Office, new studies show.
Research, seen exclusively by The Independent, shows a third of vulnerable migrants requiring medical treatment had been deterred from seeking timely healthcare because of concerns that their information would be shared with the Home Office as a result of the NHS charging process.
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Research, seen exclusively by The Independent, shows a third of vulnerable migrants requiring medical treatment had been deterred from seeking timely healthcare because of concerns that their information would be shared with the Home Office as a result of the NHS charging process.
See also:
- Policing health tourism should not be the role of doctors says Royal College of GPs in response to the introduction of charges for non-EU patients for NHS treatment Royal College of General Practitioners
- Overseas patients charged up to £15,000 for operations under new NHS rules The Daily Telegraph
- Today marks the day when a founding principle of the NHS is destroyed – and doctors like me are being told to help The Independent
- NHS charging rules: Doctors and nurses accuse Government of ‘deliberate cruelty’ with upfront payments and ID checks The Independent
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