Health: Screening

(asked on 11th January 2024) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing asylum seekers with access to NHS screening programmes.


Answered by
Andrew Stephenson Portrait
Andrew Stephenson
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 17th January 2024

Asylum seekers and their dependants are exempt from charges for primary care services. The NHS England Standard Contract Service Condition 13 for screening providers outlines the contractual requirements for equity of access to services, equality, and the avoidance of discrimination.

To this end, the NHS England screening service specifications set out that local screening providers should have procedures in place to identify and support people who are considered vulnerable or underserved, including asylum seekers.

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