'Health tourists' to face NHS charge

Name: 'Health tourists' to face NHS charge
Uploaded: 2013-07-03T08:28:55.000Z
Duration: 2 min 55 s
Description: Foreigners from outside the EU who come to the UK for more than six months could be charged at least £200 a year to access non-emergency NHS treatment.

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People from outside the European Union could be charged to use the NHS in order to tackle so-called health tourism.

The government wants those with visas of six months or more to pay a health service fee of around £200 a year. Doctors have described the plans as unfair.

Mark Easton has been to Luton to gauge reaction to the idea.

Health

3 July 2013