Health Services: Migrants
(asked on 19th July 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the increase in the Immigration Health Surcharge on the number of migrants with (a) acute and (b) chronic health issues who will seek NHS treatment.
This question was answered on 4th September 2023
Regulations will be laid in Autumn 2023 to amend the Immigration (Heath Charge) Order 2015 to increase the Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) and a full economic impact assessment will be prepared.