Eligibility of overseas visitors and people of uncertain residential status for NHS treatment

BMJ. 2004 Aug 7;329(7461):346-9. doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.346.

Abstract

Current UK regulations deny free treatment for HIV to illegal immigrants and failed asylum seekers. Is this policy resulting in unjustifiable harm to infants who are born to infected mothers?

MeSH terms

  • Communicable Disease Control
  • Emergency Medical Services / statistics & numerical data
  • Emigration and Immigration / statistics & numerical data*
  • Health Services Accessibility / ethics
  • Humans
  • Refugees / statistics & numerical data*
  • State Medicine / ethics
  • State Medicine / statistics & numerical data*
  • United Kingdom