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The British public is at increased risk from infectious diseases – including Ebola – because NHS charges and anti-immigration rhetoric are discouraging vulnerable migrants from seeking healthcare, a think-tank has warned.
Thousands do not seek the care they need because they fear it will affect their immigration status or expose them to NHS fees, the cross-party group Demos said.
In a report to be published tomorrow, it warns that one in six of the UK's estimated population of 580,000 undocumented migrants avoids seeing a GP. As a result, infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, HIV and, potentially, Ebola could be going undiagnosed, heightening the risk of further spread.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...-public-at-risk-claims-thinktank-9804275.html
Thousands do not seek the care they need because they fear it will affect their immigration status or expose them to NHS fees, the cross-party group Demos said.
In a report to be published tomorrow, it warns that one in six of the UK's estimated population of 580,000 undocumented migrants avoids seeing a GP. As a result, infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, HIV and, potentially, Ebola could be going undiagnosed, heightening the risk of further spread.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...-public-at-risk-claims-thinktank-9804275.html