Migrants to face charges for A&E

Press Association
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Overseas visitors and migrants who require accident and emergency treatment from the NHS in England are to be charged, the Government has announced.

The move forms part of an extension of the NHS charging regime in England intended to deter so-called "health tourism" while recouping up to £500 million-a-year for the taxpayer.

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