Submitted on Tuesday 24th October 2017
Rejected on Monday 30th October 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
The NHS should be concentrating on treating patients not checking passports.
The governments own figures on health tourism shows it costs the NHS 0.3% of its budget. The DOH is now pushing through a policy (without any meaningful consultation) whereby through racial profiling they are asking patients to show their passports. Efforts should be focused on more important areas.
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/251909/Quantitative_Assessment_of_Visitor_and_Migrant_Use_of_the_NHS_in_England_-_Exploring_the_Data_-_FULL_REPORT.pdf#page=85
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
You could start a new petition asking the UK Government to reverse its plans to require hospitals to establish whether patients are eligible for free treatment for any non-urgent, planned care, if that's what you want to happen.
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