| Private healthcare for small boat migrants? 08:46 - Oct 17 with 319 views | AnotherJohn |
A company that has previously provided healthcare in prisons and secure settings, including immigration detention centres, has recently been given a contract to provide cross-channel migrant healthcare "from the point of disembarkation to dispersal". That initially applies to the Manston Reception Centre and other arrival points, but potentially would seem to include healthcare in migrant hotels and other centres used before migrants can be dispersed to other types of accommodation like flats and HMOs. DrPA is apparently getting a contract worth about £60 million if an option to extend to 10 years is taken up.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/37017003/taxpayers-bill-migrants-private-doctors/
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/other/taxpayers-to-fork-out-another-60m-so-smal
https://www.cqc.org.uk/provider/1-14970669839
https://drpasecure.co.uk/
I suppose the Government will argue that it has a legal duty under the treaties the UK has signed to provide healthcare to asylum seekers. What strikes me about this is the contrast with what our courts have decided when British patients denied treatments have gone to judicial review to argue that the Government (or now the devolved governments) have a duty under the primary NHS legislation to provide comprehensive healthcare. Past court judgements in this area have said there is no absolute duty, and that Government must be afforded discretion to provide healthcare within available resources.
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| Private healthcare for small boat migrants? on 11:57 - Oct 17 with 247 views | JACKMANANDBOY |
The requirements to look at migrants separately is misleading, the requirement is for a country to provide services for EVERYONE at risk of destitution. |  |
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| Private healthcare for small boat migrants? on 19:02 - Oct 17 with 188 views | AnotherJohn |
| Private healthcare for small boat migrants? on 11:57 - Oct 17 by JACKMANANDBOY |
The requirements to look at migrants separately is misleading, the requirement is for a country to provide services for EVERYONE at risk of destitution. |
I suppose the question is how such a requirement is met, and whether in practice migrants are treated better than citizens. | | | |
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