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Health Services: Asylum

Asked by Kim JohnsonLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 8 September 2026UIN 22004

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the annual cost to the NHS arising from duplicated referrals, repeated diagnostic investigations and missed outpatient appointments associated with asylum seeker dispersal.

Answered by Department of Health and Social Care

No assessment has been made.

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