howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
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Guest 1792- Registered: 2 Jul 2016
- Posts: 111
#2
Quite right ,foreigners fly in every wk for free treatment,like the Nigerian woman had her twins and went home cost us thousends .Suppose we ought to be grateful she went home instead of claiming council house and all the benefits
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Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,397
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Howard,
This has been a statutory requirement for years and SHOULD have been perused by ALL Health Care Trusts. Here's and example of policy from Lewisham Hospital.
The problem is that the Health Unions apparently 'don't want Doctors to act as Immigration Officers' just as the Teacher's Unions are also happy for the offspring of illegal immigrants to be educated and council's happy to house their families as they too 'don't want to act as Immigration Officers'.
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Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,931
#4
More likely the ward managers and teachers etc do not want to have to tackle all the extra paperwork involved as it will be of no actual benefit to them, there will also be the 'it's not my job' attitude.
Genuine unforeseen medical emergencies are the only time that foreigners should possibly receive medical care for free otherwise they should pay like we would have to in their country.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#5
Shop assistants have to see proof of age when selling restricted products so others should do the same. The only problem seems to be that a utility bill AND passport have to be shown.
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Guest 744- Registered: 20 Mar 2012
- Posts: 412
#6
If you have a hospital appointment in France, unless you are at death’s door, you must register as soon as you enter showing health card, photo ID and insurance even if you have seen the same doctor 100 times. Medical staff are not involved. Presume anyone who doesn’t have these documents will have to get out their credit card. A friend who had a hip replacement in Paris had to pay upfront in cash before they would even give her an admission date. I read the other day that someone had to produce ID to use his local recycling centre and my brother was once asked for a household bill when he wanted to test drive a car (accompanied by the car salesman!). Needless to say he went to another car dealer. Bizarre that no ID is needed to get free health care.
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