Immigration health surcharge advice Archives

British Medical Association Questions NHS Charges for Overseas Patients

By Richmond Chambers -

29 Apr 2019

The British Medical Association has published a new report which strongly suggests a significant amount of immigrant patients are forgoing NHS treatment due to upfront charges introduced in 2017 (under The National...

Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors – Amendment). A dangerous lack of understanding about which conditions and circumstances the charges apply to seems widespread – which is especially...

Home Office has doubled NHS charge for immigrants

By Richmond Chambers -

12 Jan 2019

Starting 8th January 2019, immigrants in the United Kingdom will be charged twice the standard amount to use the NHS. The UK Immigration Health Surcharge has now gone up from £200 to £400 per year of leave. This...

will affect a wide range of foreign citizens, including those who have lived within the country since childhood. Immigrant nurses who work for the National Health Service are not exempt from this price...

Immigration Health Surcharge Set To Increase

By Alexandra Pease - Barrister Partner

15 Oct 2018

In a written statement from The Minister of State for Immigration, Caroline Noakes, the Government expressed the intention to increase the Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) payment. Immigration Health Surcharge...

(IHS) The IHS payment has not increased since it was introduced in April 2015. It applies to migrants from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) who want to stay in Britain for at least six months....