Question follow-through · 101095
Health Services: Foreign Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of cost recovery under the EHIC and GHIC schemes for treatment provided to overseas visitors in the UK.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 17 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 26 Jan 2026 · 40 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of cost recovery under the EHIC and GHIC schemes for treatment provided to overseas visitors in the UK.
5 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Jan 2026
Answer published
The National Health Service recovers the costs of treatments provided to overseas visitors through a range of routes, including Immigration Health Surcharge, direct cost recovery from chargeable patients, and reciprocal healthcare arrangements.Under the E...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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