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Frontline NHS charges for migrants will harm the most vulnerable

Feb 19, 201615 min
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Episode description

The Department of Health is proposing to extend charging for migrants into some NHS primary care services and emergency departments. Although the government asserts that the NHS is “overly generous to those who have only a temporary relationship with the UK,” Lucy Jones, UK lead for Doctors of the World says these proposals will disproportionately harm vulnerable undocumented migrants. Read the full editorial:

http://www.bmj.com/content/352/bmj.i685

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