NHS hospitals to charge overseas patients for non-urgent care Jeremy Hunt announces law to be enacted from April that raises prospect of patients having to produce passports or other ID. Hospitals will be required by law to check whether patients are eligible for free care on the NHS from April onwards, the health secretary has announced.
The rule raises the prospect of patients having to produce their passports and other identity documents before receiving most kinds of treatment as the government aims to claw back £500m a year. Patients from overseas will also be billed in advance for all non-urgent care as part of a government clampdown on the cost of overseas visitors using the service.
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