Rejected petition The NHS should be concentrating on treating patients not checking passports.

The governments own figures on health tourism shows it costs the NHS 0.3% of its budget. The DOH is now pushing through a policy (without any meaningful consultation) whereby through racial profiling they are asking patients to show their passports. Efforts should be focused on more important areas.

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https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/251909/Quantitative_Assessment_of_Visitor_and_Migrant_Use_of_the_NHS_in_England_-_Exploring_the_Data_-_FULL_REPORT.pdf#page=85

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Date submitted 24 October 2017
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