Friday 18 May 2018

NHS hit squads crack down on payments from overseas patients 

NHS hit squads crack down on payments from overseas patients Hit squads will be sent into hospitals who are failing to charge overseas patients for treatment, following orders from regulators.

NHS watchdogs are targeting 50 trusts who between them have failed to recover £44m owing to them from patients who are not entitled to free care.

Senior officials said the hospitals should do more to recoup the funds, with NHS funding under “increasing pressure” and a need for money to be spent carefully. The Daily Telegraph

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