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Comprehensive Sickness Insurance (CSI) Cover and the NHS
By Alex Papasotiriou - Immigration Barrister

The preliminary ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union in C-247/20 VI v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs concerns the interpretation of EU law in relation to the requirement of...

 comprehensive sickness insurance cover (“CSI”) in the host Member State. Dispute in the main proceedings The dispute in the main proceedings concerned a family residing in Northern Ireland: VI and her...

Requirements for a Health and Care Worker Visa
By Bernard Wood - Immigration Barrister

Launched in 2020 the Health and Care Worker Visa is open to qualified doctors, nurses and allied health professionals of all nationalities (except British and Irish) who have been trained to a recognised standard....

 The route can lead to settlement after 5 years and applicants can be joined by dependent partners and children. What are the eligible roles to qualify for a Health and Care Visa? In order to qualify for a...

BMA: Review Adult Dependent Relative Rule for Doctors
By Paul Richmond - Immigration Barrister

The British Medical Association, together with other leading medical bodies, has issued a call for the Adult Dependent Relative (ADR) rule to be amended to allow settled migrant doctors to bring adult relatives,...

 such as elderly parents, to the UK so that they can look after them. The BMA’s joint letter to the Home Secretary asking her to exempt doctors from the Adult Dependent Relative rule can be read...

Maternity Action Report: Duty of Care: The impact on midwives of NHS charging for maternity care: September 2019
By Alexandra Pease - Immigration Barrister

Background – Charged for Using the NHS? By way of background to this report, in 2004 the government withdrew free access to secondary healthcare for certain groups of overseas visitors.  Following the introduction...

 of new Regulations, overseas visitors, or those not normally ‘ordinarily resident’ were to be asked to pay for their treatment.  This followed reports of ‘health tourists’ or those...

Home Office has doubled NHS charge for immigrants
By Richmond Chambers -

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...

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