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Health Services: British Nationality

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether all British citizens are eligible to the same access to healthcare across the UK.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
28 Oct 2025
Target answer date
30 Oct 2025
Answer
20 Nov 2025 · 23 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether all British citizens are eligible to the same access to healthcare across the UK.

  2. 30 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 20 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    All British citizens who are residents in the United Kingdom are eligible to access healthcare services free at any point of need. In England, Scotland and Wales, this is provided through the National Health Service, and in Northern Ireland through Health...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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