Tag: overseas patients

Trusts legally obliged to charge overseas patients before treatment

by Selina McKee | Feb 7, 2017 | News | 0

The government has announced that from April this year NHS trusts will be legally obliged to charge overseas patients who are not eligible for free non-urgent or planned care before they receive it.

NHS trusts failing to claw back health tourism costs

by Selina McKee | Feb 1, 2017 | News | 0

NHS trusts are failing to recoup the cost of treating overseas patients which is squeezing the amount available to fund services for those eligible for free care, a report by the Public Accounts Committee has warned.