Bad debts and abandoned claims rose by £10million.Credit: AlamyBoris Johnson
’s Tory manifesto in 2019 promised a clampdown on health tourism, saying those from overseas would pay their “fair share”. Current prices charged to overseas patients include £4,837 for a baby to be delivered, £14,000 for spinal services and £17,000 for heart surgery. King’s College Hospital Trust in London has £18.6million outstanding and Barts Health, also in the capital, are owed £17.3million over the past five years.NHS rules state routine costs for overseas patients are paid before treatment begins.Any debts that do arise from providing urgent care are pursued and taken into account in new visa applications.
Get the money first before giving them treatment.
Yet our people don't get to leave their hospitals until their £40k bills are paid in full etc when insurance doesn't cover them etc.
DnellStephen Not much considered the annual total NHS bill is £150,000,000,000
When In Turkey on holiday untill we showed our medical insurance and paid up YOU GOT NO TREATMENT
So if they literally formed a department that cost 5million a year to claw back the money, it would be deemed good value. 35million claimed back. Yet again the uk being taken for a ride 🤐
Simple. Don’t treat them.
Can you please explain this. I’m a Uk citizen pay into the system & can’t even get to see a GP, there’s been lockdowns & told not to bother an NHS that’s already over loaded?
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It seems inconceivable when surely they must have travel insurance and be obliged to present a credit card …. Like every where else in the world
If they don't pay upfront don't treat exactly how it is with us when we go to a foreign country.
Simply inform Border Agency they are not allowed to leave as they owe a govt debt - like other countries do..
They didn't even clap on a Thursday night
Holbornlolz Deduct it from the foreign aid budget. Simple.
Stop treating them unless they pay upfront or have valid insurance like we have to buy when we went abroad.
Holbornlolz Mainly Brit expats who are not ordinarily resident.
if they cant pay before the treatment they cant have the treatment !!!
GillJames54 That’s why the NHS is going down the pan. People using is that shouldn’t be. This has been going on for years. The British people that pay taxes towards NHS have to wait for treatment. When are we going to be put first!
MorcarsHill This will be money from people from non eu countries.....
Holbornlolz I dread to think what it is on a regular year.
There's none this year Borders practically closed Real news is.... We won't be free to travel forever.
How? No tourists & the internet is full of stories of people (British tax payers) not being able to get any treatment. Isn’t there a waiting list of something like 1.3 million. How was this able to happen?
Holbornlolz Make medical insurance a requirement of entry/ travel
Tourist from where when country was in lockdown 😷😷😷
Holbornlolz That’s all out of £150 billion? Put that calculator down!
Holbornlolz Just don’t treat them simple?
Holbornlolz Impressive as we hardly had any tourists.
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