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Health Services: Migrants

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 3 March 2025UIN 32835

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many unauthorised (a) migrants, (b) refugees and (c) asylum seekers have accessed NHS care in the last 3 years.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The Department and the National Health Service do not collect patient information categorised by immigration status.

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