Whilst we welcome news that the Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) will be scrapped for NHS and social care workers - WE MUST GO FURTHER ⬇️⬇️ 1/
Since it’s introduction in 2015, we have called for an end to the IHS for ALL 2/
It acts as a form of double taxation on people who already pay to use the NHS through their taxes, penalising people simply because they weren’t born here 3/
It’s a regressive, punitive and racist - often leading to extortionate charges that can push families into debt and forcing them to live apart 4/
See our full statement here: docsnotcops.co.uk/scrap-the-immi… 5/
It of course operates alongside other forms of immigration control in the NHS such as charging and data sharing, which operate to make accessing healthcare impossibly difficult for some people 6/
We demand to #ScrapTheSurcharge FOR ALL, as well as for an end to the #HostileEnvironment in the #NHS more broadly #PatientsNotPassports 7/
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