Extra cash for GPs to identify overseas patients who are not eligible for free NHS treatment GPs will be given extra cash to help identify overseas patients as part of a crackdown on “health tourism”.
Family doctors will be required to establish whether or not patients are eligible for free care, and to pass details to hospitals before any treatment is booked, under changes to the GP contract.
The British Medical Association has repeatedly insisted that doctors should not be treated as “border guards”.
Last night the union said new deal agreed with the Government - which asks patients to “self-declare” their residency status - meant GPs would avoid such duties. The Daily Telegraph
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Family doctors will be required to establish whether or not patients are eligible for free care, and to pass details to hospitals before any treatment is booked, under changes to the GP contract.
The British Medical Association has repeatedly insisted that doctors should not be treated as “border guards”.
Last night the union said new deal agreed with the Government - which asks patients to “self-declare” their residency status - meant GPs would avoid such duties. The Daily Telegraph
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