Guidance

NHS patient debt: guidance on administration and data sharing

Information for NHS service providers on how to share information about overseas chargeable patients who have unpaid debts for NHS care.

From:
Department of Health and Social Care
Published
5 April 2019

This publication was withdrawn on

This guidance was superseded on 22 September 2023 by the guidance on NHS cost recovery - overseas visitors.

Documents

[Withdrawn] Overseas chargeable patients, NHS debt and immigration rules: guidance on administration and data sharing

PDF, 134 KB, 15 pages

Details

This document includes:

  • reasons for supplying debtor information to the Home Office
  • how to inform the patient
  • what debtor information should be shared with the Home Office and how it will be used

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Published 5 April 2019

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