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take note remoaners.

And now the facts...

The discrepancy is partly due to how the NHS recoups the money it is owed, but also partly because the costs of treating UK citizens abroad are high in comparison to the costs of treating European citizens in the UK.

The amounts involved are relatively small compared to the overall NHS budget, so the claim that changing this “in itself would transform the financial situation of the NHS” is exaggerated.

Health charities have said that the NHS in England needs an extra £4 billion just to stop services getting worse. Even if the UK Government recouped all of the money it is entitled to, this would represent a funding increase of just 7% of this amount.

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To put this figure into some context, the total budget of the NHS in England in 2018-19 is £126 billion.

The figures are broadly correct, although addressing this situation would in itself only have a marginal impact on the financial situation of the NHS.
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