According to an investigation, the actual cost is much higher for the taxpayers. Patients who were not permitted to free of cost treatment had £29,530,378 to be paid in 2015 and 2016 The data that was obtained under the Freedom of Information Act revealed, which also states that only £21m was recollected with the rest of amount still unpaid.
As stated by 104 trusts of the 120 in England who were questioned, the amount of money to be paid to NHS by overseas patients is increasing per year. Out of 92 trusts that also provided data for year
2014/2015 the exceptional balance in that time came to £15,907,018, according to Queensland Consolidated Acts.
According to the data provided by NHS of the last four years, they are going through a deficit of millions of pounds. The Mirror also tells that about 8 trusts located in London are due more than a devastating sum of £1 million and more 21 in England are owed about £100,000 which also includes hospitals located in different cities in England like Liverpool, Birmingham, Oxford, and Sheffield.
In London, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is payable £5,509,733. While Barts from the last 4 years are payable £10,340,322.While London North West Healthcare NHS Trust and Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust are also billed around £5m each for the last four years. London North West Healthcare NHS Trust is to be paid £1,433,018 from 2015/16.
In 2015/16 it charged 438 abroad patients for £1,578,289. Approximately £40,000 was billed to Americans, about £473,310 was owed to people from India and People from Pakistan had a bill of £122,887 which
rose to £119,487.
Dr Mark Porter who is the chairman of the British Medical Association (BMA) It is very important to charge these people with the money they have unpaid for the betterment and efficient functioning of the hospitals and trusts.
