![]() Her two boys, Tayseel and Samir, and three girls, Aqeelah, Binish and Zara, attend a respected private school nearby. Miss Ayelabola runs a successful make-up business at the Elderberry Salon in east Lagos. Roger Goss, of Patient Concern, added: ‘No wonder the NHS has such financial problems.’ MPs and campaigners last night described the case as ‘galling’ and called for an inquiry into the hospital’s failure to recoup the money.Ĭonservative MP Peter Bone said: ‘If people have failed to do what they should, then at the very least they need to put in a robust system to ensure it doesn’t happen again.’ She added that she was allowed to stay in the UK without needing to ask and without having to apply. ‘If it (health tourism) is a problem in the UK, you should talk to the NHS. ‘They blamed me that I came to the UK and I just came to use the system. This means patients from overseas who are heavily pregnant women or needing kidney dialysis will often target the NHS. A&E and maternity care are always considered immediately necessary. ![]() GP appointments are also provided free for everyone. But the NHS is legally obliged to provide care to anyone if their life is at risk or treatment is considered ‘immediately necessary’ – and they have to claw the costs back later. The true cost of health tourism NHS is unknown, but a Government commissioned report in 2013 put it as high as £2billion.Įxperts say even this is an underestimate – because the vast majority of overseas patients are never identified by hospitals.īy law, only patients who usually live in the UK are entitled to free hospital care.
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