United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 101096
Health Services: Foreign Nationals
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17 December 2025
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26 January 2026 · Answer
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26 January 2026
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of NHS costs provided to EHIC and GHIC holders is not recovered from the patients’ country of residence; and what steps he is taking to reduce that proportion.
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17 December 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of NHS costs provided to EHIC and GHIC holders is not recovered from the patients’ country of residence; and what steps he is taking to reduce that proportion.
Source: Commons
26 January 2026
Answer
The National Health Service recovers the costs of treatments provided to overseas visitors through a range of routes, including Immigration Health Surcharge, direct cost recovery from chargeable patients, and reciprocal healthcare arrangements.Under the E...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-12-17/101096
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1865247
- uk · wq-1865247 · source updated 26 January 2026