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Migrants denied NHS care for average of 37 weeks, research finds

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The NHS has denied care to refugees and asylum seekers because it deems them ‘not ordinarily resident’ in the UK under the government’s hostile environment approach to immigration. Photograph: Home Office/PA

Denis Campbell Health policy editor

Wed 14 Oct 2020 06.00 BST

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Migrants who need NHS care are being denied treatment for an average of 37 weeks, despite suffering from conditions such as cancer, heart problems or kidney failure, according to research.

One in three end up waiting between six and 12 months, some face even longer delays and in one case a woman with a serious heart complaint could not access care for more than four years, a report found.

The people affected are refugees, asylum seekers and others to whom the NHS has denied care, often in breach of the rules, because it deems them “not ordinarily resident” in the UK under the government’s “hostile environment” approach to immigration.