Entitlement

The DOH/Home Office review is due for publication in December 2007.   The actions on tthis page are urgent we all need to speak out before changes are made that exclude vulnerable people from access to free NHS care.

Medact believes  immigration is managed at borders and not at hospital doors.

In May 2004 a consultation document was published:

“Proposals to Exclude Overseas Visit or s from Eligibility to Free NHS Primary Medical Services”

(DOH 2004)  

The consultation proposed to extend the charging regime introduced in SI614 to include primary care including access to GP services.

In the intervening three years there has been no published response to the submissions made in the consultation process. The result has been a continued sense of uncertainty adding to the existing confusion that has developed around access to both secondary and primary care.

The Government continues to consider charging refused asylum seekers and undocumented migrants for NHS primary health care. They are already excluded from free secondary care. Medact is concerned such charges could prevent vulnerable people including pregnant women and children, from accessing vital treatment. 

Please take a few minutes to read some of the material on these pages and consider  our campaign supporting this camapign

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