Health Tourism Crackdown
NHS trusts will have a legal duty to check whether overseas patients are eligible for non-urgent care and to charge upfront. The move means anyone flying to the UK for non-urgent treatment such as a hip operation or cataract removal could now be turned away unless they agree to pay the NHS bill.
Dr Hilary joined us this morning to discuss the benefits of the NHS clamping down on health tourism and said "it will be difficult but I think the principal is very important".
He also went on to say: "another question is whether we should treat any overseas patients in NHS hospitals when we're full to capacity already".
Watch the full interview here.
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