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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
Today in one of the online articles I have read, it says that very few trusts have a dedicated overseas visitors manager to identify those not entitled to free care.
EVERY trust in the country should have an Overseas Visitors Manager...they would be responsible for identifying, billing and chasing these people for payment.
we have NO responsibility to treat these patients without charging them....and many of them come here with the prime aim of getting treatment at no cost, because they know they can.
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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
I know that the NHS is very lax at chasing the money...because no one is tasked to do it.
Looking at reports, there are not that many hospitals with dedicated staff to do the job.
I know that before I retired, a member from the records department would come to the ward to take details from any person the nurses identify
Private conversations with members of the records team who did this job, make me absolutely sure that very little(if any) of the money(at that time) was actually collected.
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You are looking at it the wrong way round. Everyone who attends hospital/GP should have to prove they are entitled to treatment or produce a payment means first. Like Dave said happens in Germany.