BMA - New guidance on access to healthcare for failed asylum-seekers needed, say doctors- 30 Mar 09

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Commenting today on the Appeal Court's ruling on access to secondary care for failed asylum seekers, the BMA's Head of Science and Ethics, Dr Vivienne Nathanson, said:

• "Today's ruling has provided some clarification on this issue but there are still outstanding questions and the BMA will need to read the ruling in detail before responding fully.
• "Our initial thoughts are that there is still a great deal of uncertainty about the lawfulness of providing hospital treatment for this very vulnerable group of people. This will only be resolved once the Department of Health re-writes its guidance.”

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