Health Services: Asylum
Commons · Question 23519 · Tabled 13 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Nick Timothy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department issues to NHS England on extending the legal duty to provide care for asylum seekers to individuals with rejected asylum applications; and whether that guidance is mand
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 16 Jan 2025
Guidance for the National Health Service has been published, and is available at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/guidance/nhs-entitlements-migrant-health-guideThe guidance underlines the need for NHS bodies to act in line with the relevant legislati...