Frontline NHS charges for migrants will harm the most vulnerable
Medicine and Science from The BMJ
February 19, 201614m 35s
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Show Notes
The Department of Health is proposing to extend charging for migrants into some NHS primary care services and emergency departments.
Although the government asserts that the NHS is “overly generous to those who have only a temporary relationship with the UK,” Lucy Jones, UK lead for Doctors of the World says these proposals will disproportionately harm vulnerable undocumented migrants.
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http://www.bmj.com/content/352/bmj.i685