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Health Services: Foreign Nationals

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 21 November 2025UIN 86901

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Category F patients were treated by the NHS; and at what cost in each of the last five years.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The Department does not hold or collect the information requested. Guidance on identifying category F patients is available in the Guidance for Charging Overseas Visitors in England for Providers of NHS services, at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-cost-recovery-overseas-visitors/charging-overseas-visitors-in-england-guidance-for-providers-of-nhs-services

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