A The 73 -year -old said he was placed through “three months hell” NHS When he challenged his right to live in Britain and sent him a fee for a regular health appointment.
Soisic Calland, which is a French national, has lived in Scunthorpe for some 45 years and has a long -term residence situation in the UK. Despite giving birth to three children in Scanthorpe General hospitalHe said that he was questioned About his immigration status by employees When she went to an appointment with a Rumetology Advisor in April this year.
She was in some pain and was waiting for a doctor to be seen when she was called by a administrator worker and questioned about her visa status, she explained. “I was almost in tears and I was close to walking out. My husband, who was with me, said while accompanying me, and I finally saw the advisor.
“I was taken to a corner and I was in pain and was inquiring and asked him to remain silent. The hospital worker does not want me to give it to him.
The hospital said they did not accept this detail of MS Colld’s conversation with employees and said it was to prove their eligibility for patients to free NHS care.
Ms. Collard said that she provided it Biometric Residency Card, which is given to the European Union citizens, who are living in the UK through the Windarsh Yojana before 1989. Foreign citizens such as Ms. Colldes who are inhabited in the UK, commonly known as residents are entitled to free NHS care.
After a digital visa transition later last year, Ms. Colld established an online UKVI account, used to display her immigration status in the UK.
The hospital wanted to see a council tax bill since Brexit in 2021, but would not initially accept the bill, on which her husband’s name was, Ms. Collard said. The full council tax bills are based on at least two adults living in the house, and the husband -wife together are jointly responsible for paying the bill.
She said that when her and her husband came home from appointment, they started their local council for help. “The council could not understand what we wanted, and why the hospital wanted. But they kept us through the Election Registration Department who were assistants and provided evidence of the fact that I have been at our home address since at least 2016.
“However, it was also denied. I gave the hospital my biometric card, driving license, phone bill, bank statement and my GHIC card [a card provided by the NHS to UK residents to allow them to access emergency treatment in Europe]I could not provide any domestic bills because they were in my husband’s name.
“Nothing was good. Then in August I was sent a proforma challan for £ 536.02. I could not understand what I was charged. It was very threatened.
“Then suddenly, finally, he accepted the Council Tax Bill.”
Proforma Challan said “Payment is going to be done immediately” but it “final cost” [are] It should be confirmed “. It said that” the hospital takes action to recover unpaid loans “, and warned that the outstanding loan can affect future immigration applications.
The hospital said they send a proforma challan when they have not found relevant documents confirming the eligibility for free NHS treatment. He said that the national policy requires patients to show evidence of simple residence in the UK, and they were able to confirm this after supporting the council’s tax bill by a letter from the council.
She has had a lot of stress in front and back of three months, said Ms. Collard. “I have endless nights. My blood pressure was shot.
Ms. Collard, who has a French passport, said that she has not applied for a British passport because there are thousands of pounds to become a British citizen, something that she does not want to spend her pension money.
He said: “It was very disturbing for my husband and I because we were wondering what was going to come next, and what was going to be the danger”.
A spokesperson of the North Lincolnshire and the Gaul NHS Foundation Trust said: “We follow the strict guidelines prescribed in foreign charging regulations of the Health Department, which we are legally bound to ensure that only those are not eligible to ensure that they can receive a challan.
Andreya Dumitrach from the Civil Rights Group The3million said: “No one should not face this level of harassment or denial of healthcare, which they call the house, at least all the elderly citizens have created their lives. Despite its clear law, despite its clear law, despite its clear laws, despite the night, despite a coffee night, in a buroiq, a bureauc The trap has been done.
“It is an embarrassing example of how the hostile environment harms those who should be preserved. We urge government and institutions like NHS to implement proper training and accountability, so that the citizens of the European Union are no longer considered as a second class.”