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Humanitarian Aid: Health Services

Commons · Question 93353 · Tabled 21 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 5 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 November 2025 to Question 86606, what steps he has taken to ensure that citizens of British Overseas Territories have access to NHS services whilst resident in the UK.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 5 Dec 2025

National Health Service care is provided free at the point of use to people who are ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom. Being ordinarily resident broadly means living in the UK on a lawful and properly settled basis. People who are not considered o...