Written questions

NHS: Foreign Nationals

Commons · Question 75592 · Tabled 8 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 11 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to seek payment from foreign nationals for NHS treatment.

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 11 Sep 2025

In England, the National Health Service is a residency-based system. Only people who are ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom or otherwise exempt from charges under the NHS (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2015, are eligible for NHS healthc...