Written questions

Health Services: Foreign Nationals

Commons · Question 112980 · Tabled 11 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 23 Feb 2026

Question

Asked by Freddie van Mierlo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that overseas visitor charging regulations are applied uniformly across NHS trusts.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 23 Feb 2026

The overseas visitor charging regulations apply to all National Health Service trusts in England. The Department is working closely with NHS England to ensure the NHS (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2015 are applied fairly and consistently acro...