The Hidden Cost of Tourists for the NHS
Chris Skidmore
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Posted 30.07.2012
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UK Politics
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Last year, using Freedom of Information requests, I carried out an investigation, which asked every NHS Foundation Trust for the amount of debt owed by foreign nationals - both written off and unpaid. By October 2011, I had gathered responses from over 118 trusts, showing that that more than £40 million had been written off or was still outstanding.
