Written questions

Health Services: Refugees

Commons · Question 129287 · Tabled 22 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 29 Apr 2026

Question

Asked by Chris Philp

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to NHS trusts of providing medical treatment to individuals granted leave to remain in the UK on Article 3 ECHR medical grounds.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 29 Apr 2026

The information is not held centrally, as once an individual is granted leave to remain, they are treated as any other patient that is entitled to free-care-at-the-point-of-access, and the National Health Service does not separately collect data for this ...