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NHS trust issues UK immigration charges apology
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11:56 12/07/2021
An NHS trust has apologised for charging ‘overseas’ patients for healthcare in accordance with UK immigration rules. Lewisham and Greenwich NHS trust (LGT) said it was ‘sorry for any instances where...
Making NHS less reliant on UK immigration met with backlash
11:03 22/06/2021
Comments made by the UK’s potential new NHS chief to ‘make the NHS less reliant on foreign workers’ has been met with a huge backlash. NHS workers have hit back at Baroness Dido Harding who made a...
UK immigration rules tweaked to help NHS
12:10 08/03/2021
A number of new health roles will be added to the UK immigration Shortage Occupation List (SOL), the government has announced. Laboratory technicians, nursing assistants, pharmacists and senior care...
37-week wait for UK migrants needing NHS care, research says
22:46 16/10/2020
Comments by Sanwar Ali : Migrants are typically having to pay for health care twice. They pay through taxes. They also have to pay the immigration health surcharge that is increasing from £400 a year...
Lower skilled migrant NHS staff included in bereavement scheme
23:34 22/05/2020
Comments by Sanwar Ali : The extension of the bereavement scheme will be a relief for the thousands of lower skilled workers who risk their lives in the NHS. The bereavement scheme for family members...
Extortionate NHS UK visa health surcharge under review
1:25 27/04/2020
Sanwar Ali comment: The Immigration Health Surcharge is very high and for many people is unaffordable. Migrants on Tier 2 visas sponsored by Sponsor Licence employers are paying twice. They are taxed...
