Health tourists owe NHS £22M

[Quillan]

Health tourists owe NHS £22 million, Department of Health reveals

I don't know about other parts for French but the hospitals down here (Carcassonne, Toulouse and our local hospital) require either your Carte Vital (or attistation - thing thats the right word/spelling), EU health card or a credit/debit card before you get seen, with the exception of accidents of course. Perhaps this system could be used in the UK? Of course the figure above is for the ones they know about, it could be more.

[Will]

Those mentioned in Quillan's link are all from outside the EU, so only a valid credit/debit card would have sufficed. However, the Times piece was dated 27 February, and on 26 February a consultation document was published about access to the NHS for foreign nationals.

http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Healthcare/Entitlementsandcharges/OverseasVisitors/DH_836

So, as they say, it's in hand. Subject of course to imminent elections.

[Cendrillon]

Will

The link did not work.[:(]

[Judie]

Try this

http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Consultations/Liveconsultations/DH_113233

You will need to cut and paste it.

[Will]

I've edited the above link, don't know why it didn't work before because it looks exactly the same - it certainly works for me now.

Judie's alternative link is live here: http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Consultations/Liveconsultations/DH_113233