NHS migrant charging plans may increase public health risks

摘要

Doctors have blasted the government's proposal for an extended NHS charging system for migrants and short-term visitors as 'impractical, inefficient, uneconomic'. They have also warned the move could cause 'unintended damage to NHS services'. Responding to a government consultation, the British Medical Association (BMA) said there is no evidence that the income derived from charging short-term visitors or migrants would be 'sufficient' to cover the 'significant' cost of the increased bureaucracy necessary to administer the new system.