Overseas visitors to the UK are currently charged for hospital visits, dental treatments and prescription drugs. People working for UK-based employers and students on courses of at least six months duration are entitled to at least some NHS hospital treatment free of charge. The government had considered charging for GP consultations, but decided that easy initial access was important to prevent risks to public health such as HIV, TB and sexually transmitted infections.
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Yes if they don't have coverage or insurance from their own country to back them. This can be discarded during extreme crisis
@9QGWLD79mos9MO
Insurance should be shown with passport on entry, but if someone is unconscious and unresponsive they should be entitled to emergency care up to a certain cost
@96FCCCP2yrs2Y
Yes, or show proof of insurance
@95L2QBR3yrs3Y
Yes because if we were foreigners in there country we’d have to pay
@95DPGQZ3yrs3Y
only if they have a medical issue
@95DPFPF3yrs3Y
If they plan on returning to their own country within a year they should have to paya small fee when they return.
@8S3QSVP4yrs4Y
No one should go untreated but wherever possible payment should be made equal to the health care to uk citizens in their country
@8S34GLJ4yrs4Y
In countries where we get free healthcare. The favour should be returned. If unable to pay, and they are here for genuine purposes other than to get care, then emergency care should be free.
@9BYNGMQ2yrs2Y
No, but systems should be in place to prevent people from abusing that right. For example, people using the NHS to pay for the birth of their child and then leaving the UK.
@9852C272yrs2Y
Yes if there is evidence that they came to the UK just for the medical treatment
Emergency care should never be withheld but insurance should be required to visit the uk, unless the visitors home countries government has a deal with the uk to cover the costs.
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