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Hospital Beds: Foreign Nationals

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 27 November 2024UIN 15620

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2024 to Question 14365 on Hospital Beds: Foreign Nationals, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of collecting data on the occupation of hosp

Answered by Karin Smyth

There are no plans to collect this data centrally; it is for National Health Service trusts to manage bed occupancy regardless of whether the patient is chargeable or not.

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