FOI Request
- Disclosure ID
- FOI/03217
- Request Date
- July 18, 2019
- Subject
- NHS Charges For Expat Brits
- Description
1). How many British citizens have been denied non-emergency medical treatment by your trust due to their having resident status in a non-EEA country?
2). How many British citizens have been charged for non-emergency medical treatment by your trust due to their having resident status in a non-EEA country? Please state how many of these were a) under 13, b) 13-18 years old or c) retirement age 64+
3). What was the total amount charged in each of the three financial years to British citizens with resident status in a non-EEA country?
4). For the year 2018-19, please tell me the five biggest invoices sent to British citizens with resident status in a non-EEA country, and the service provided which incurred that cost – e.g. £10,000 – coronary bypass?
- Response
1). We do not record this information as all patients are treated equally. Any clinical decision to deny treatment for non-emergency care that is due to an input for the OSV Team is based on the patients criteria with the charging regulations (e.g. Ordinarily resident)
2). Information not held. This detail is not recorded based on a patients nationality
3). Information not held. This detail is not recorded based on a patients nationality
4). Information not held. This detail is not recorded based on a patients nationality