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Health Services: Foreign Nationals

Asked by Freddie van MierloLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 23 February 2026UIN 112980

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that overseas visitor charging regulations are applied uniformly across NHS trusts.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The overseas visitor charging regulations apply to all National Health Service trusts in England. The Department is working closely with NHS England to ensure the NHS (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2015 are applied fairly and consistently across all NHS trusts.

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