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Results from a pilot scheme designed to clamp down on “health tourism” were reported by the London Evening Standard last month.1 As part of the scheme, which ran in 18… Click to show full abstract
Results from a pilot scheme designed to clamp down on “health tourism” were reported by the London Evening Standard last month.1 As part of the scheme, which ran in 18 hospitals (11 in Greater London) over two months in autumn 2017, patients were required to show two forms of ID to prove that they were eligible for free NHS treatment. Checks carried out on 8894 patients found only 50 who were not eligible for free NHS treatment. Overseas visitors are already eligible for free emergency care, and we have reciprocal arrangements with other EU countries for reimbursing healthcare costs, although the Public Accounts Committee did criticise the NHS in 2017 for a “chaotic approach” to chasing reimbursement from EU countries.2 One …
Journal Title: British Medical Journal
Year Published: 2018
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