Phil Cole Phil.Cole@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations
Migration and the human right to health
Cole, Phillip
Authors
Abstract
In December 2007 it was revealed that the British government is considering the exclusion of certain groups of migrants—those considered to be present “illegally”—from primary health care provided by the National Health Service (NHS). At present, practitioners have discretion to accept any individual for NHS treatment regardless of their status. A joint Home Office and Department of Health review is examining this access for foreign nationals, and the likely outcome is the restriction of access to irregular migrants, which would, according to the Institute of Public Policy Research, affect around 390,000 people. In 2004 such groups were excluded from NHS secondary care, most controversially from treatment for HIV, and so the present proposal would bar them from all but emergency health treatment.
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Jan 1, 2009 |
Journal | Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics |
Print ISSN | 0963-1801 |
Electronic ISSN | 1469-2147 |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 18 |
Issue | 01 |
Pages | 70-77 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0963180108090117 |
Keywords | migration, health, human rights, undocumented |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/999590 |
Publisher URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0963180108090117 |
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