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(Health MJ) NHS charge plans for non-EU patients

Foreign patients from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) could be charged for emergency treatment or for calling out an ambulance, if government plans for England are adopted.

Foreign patients from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) could be charged for emergency treatment or for calling out an ambulance, if government plans for England are adopted.

Visitors from outside the EEA already pay for planned, or elective hospital care, and health secretary Jeremy Hunt aims to save the NHS millions of pounds by extending charges to A&E care. A consultation is likely to be held in the coming months.

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