NHS hospitals are getting even worse at clawing back money for foreigners’ healthcare, despite ministers’ pledges to stamp out health tourism.
A £600million ‘health tourism gap’ sees the UK paying out £20 for the healthcare costs of Britons who fall ill on the continent for every £1 it gets back for the NHS treatment of European visitors.
The disparity is even worse than it was two years ago, when Britain paid out £16 for every £1 it got back.