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...