What NHS services are migrants entitled to?

A report by the Institute for Public Policy Research found further evidence of the adverse impacts of the current charging system and offers options to reform this system.7,8 Some newly arrived migrants to the UK are less likely to be immunised than the general population.91011121314 Recent examples...

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Published in:BMJ (Online) 2023-09, Vol.382, p.p1875-1875
Main Authors: Wurie, Fatima B., Zhang, Claire, Ciftci, Yusuf, Hurley, Cherstyn, Campos-Matos, Ines
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Coronaviruses
COVID-19 vaccines
Diphtheria
Health care access
Health services
Hepatitis A
Immigration policy
Immunization
Medical personnel
Meta-analysis
Migration
Outbreaks
Population studies
Primary care
Public health
Public policy
Refugees
Scabies
Surgery
Systematic review
Vaccines
Working groups
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Summary:A report by the Institute for Public Policy Research found further evidence of the adverse impacts of the current charging system and offers options to reform this system.7,8 Some newly arrived migrants to the UK are less likely to be immunised than the general population.91011121314 Recent examples of the health consequences of the under immunisation of vulnerable migrants include outbreaks of scabies and diphtheria in large migrant processing centres.151617 Such health protection incidents have raised concerns about the impact of the Illegal Migration Bill on healthcare accessibility and continuity of care.12 Ensuring timely vaccine provision for migrants is important for individual level health and the health of the wider community for the prevention of outbreaks of vaccine preventable diseases, such as diphtheria, measles, polio and Hepatitis A. What NHS services are migrants entitled to? Year ending December 2022. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/bulletins/longterminternationalmigrationprovisional/yearendingdecember2022 2 Aldridge, R.W., et al., Global patterns of mortality in international migrants: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 2018. Immunisation status of UK-bound refugees between January, 2018, and October, 2019: a retrospective, population-based cross-sectional study, The Lancet Public Health, Volume 7, Issue 7.
ISSN:1756-1833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.p1875