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Major restrictions on migrants? free access to the NHS are to be introduced.
Foreigners will have to prove that they are entitled to be in the country before they are given access to GPs and hospitals, while foreign students will have to make a ?contribution? to the health service.
The measure will form the centrepiece of tough new legislation designed to reduce numbers entering the country and put pressure on illegal immigrants to leave.
A senior government source said it was an attempt to target ?people who have no right to be here?.
Restricting access to the NHS is highly contentious politically.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...ree-NHS-care-for-migrants-under-new-bill.html
Foreigners will have to prove that they are entitled to be in the country before they are given access to GPs and hospitals, while foreign students will have to make a ?contribution? to the health service.
The measure will form the centrepiece of tough new legislation designed to reduce numbers entering the country and put pressure on illegal immigrants to leave.
A senior government source said it was an attempt to target ?people who have no right to be here?.
Restricting access to the NHS is highly contentious politically.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...ree-NHS-care-for-migrants-under-new-bill.html