Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Institute for Public Policy Research Towards True Universal Care: Reforming the NHS Charging System, published on 23 November; and what plans they have to set up an independent body to (1) receive complaints about the charging system, and (2) review decisions by providers.

The Department has reviewed the report and has no plans to set up an independent body to receive complaints or review decisions on charging by providers. It is the legal duty of providers of relevant NHS services to make and recover charges from overseas visitors and to do so fairly and consistently.