The Department has issued guidance and resources to providers of National Health Service funded secondary care that sets out the rules and best practice to follow for the effective and consistent implementation of the NHS charging regulations.<\/p>
This guidance and all resources are publicly available on GOV.UK at the following link:<\/p>
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/nhs-visitor-and-migrant-cost-recovery-programme<\/a><\/p> The Department has published guidance to providers on how the charging regulations will be amended in a \u2018no deal\u2019 European Union exit.<\/p> The guidance is available on GOV.UK at the following link:<\/p> https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-overseas-visitors-hospital-charging-regulations<\/a><\/p>"}
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