NHS: Foreign Nationals
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Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will introduce itemised bills for overseas visitors using NHS services; and if he will make a statement.
This question was answered on 16th July 2018
The Department has no current plans to introduce itemised bills for overseas visitors using NHS services.
The national guidance sets out that those patients who are identified as chargeable must be charged using either the national tariff or a locally agreed tariff if there is no national tariff for the treatment or service provided.