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On the 12th March we outlined our position that the Immigration Health Surcharge should be scrapped, not increased - read our statement at: docsnotcops.co.uk/scrap-the-immi… (1/THREAD) #ScrapTheSurcharge #PatientsNotPassports
This was the day after @RishiSunak announced that the Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) – paid at point of visa application/renewal would rise from £400/year to £624/year (disgustingly, as he announced Coronavirus measures)
2/Thread #ScrapTheSurcharge #PatientsNotPassports
2/Thread #ScrapTheSurcharge #PatientsNotPassports
On 12th March we said:
* #ScrapTheSurcharge in its entirety
* Charging for NHS access is about govt tearing up universal care, not raising money
* IHS is an additional tax on migrants
* The IHS is motivated by furthering xenophobic & racist narratives /3 #PatientsNotPassports
* #ScrapTheSurcharge in its entirety
* Charging for NHS access is about govt tearing up universal care, not raising money
* IHS is an additional tax on migrants
* The IHS is motivated by furthering xenophobic & racist narratives /3 #PatientsNotPassports
1/10 An #immigration and #nhs thread. This govt the two have linked the two and this week sees this link leading toward further disaster:
The NHS is short of psychiatrists, esp child psychiatrists - the Home office during #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/o…
The NHS is short of psychiatrists, esp child psychiatrists - the Home office during #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/o…
2/10 Meanwhile in the wake of #brexit, with a govt insisting on an arbitary salary threshold for immigration policy an NHS already short of 100000 staff looks set for a worsening staffing crisis
credit @HSJAnnabelle
hsj.co.uk/workforce/nhs-…
credit @HSJAnnabelle
hsj.co.uk/workforce/nhs-…
3/10 The govt insistence on using the #NHS as a means of immigration control continues, with the news of sharing of patient data with credit firms - a story with implications well beyond ill advised border control
#docsnotcops
credit @ShaunLintern
hsj.co.uk/policy-and-reg…
#docsnotcops
credit @ShaunLintern
hsj.co.uk/policy-and-reg…
The Department of Health has sent a directive to NHS Trusts telling them "new visitors from [countries in the EU] to the UK will be chargeable at the standard NHS tariff" from Oct 31st (thread)
mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
#HostileEnvironment #PatientsNotPassports
mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
#HostileEnvironment #PatientsNotPassports
We've been campaigning against NHS charges since the 2014 Immigration Act, which introduced new immigration health "surcharges" - increasing the costs of visas for non-EEA nationals working, studying, or visiting families for longer than six months irr.org.uk/news/immigrati… /2
Since 2014 the Immigration Health Surcharge has been doubled. The costs were already prohibitive. It is a form of "double taxation" as @SatbirLSingh @JCWI_UK explains here: talkradio.co.uk/news/plan-doub… /3
