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Petition · past parliament

Prevent uninsured visitors from entering the UK.

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

Uninsured visitors to the UK (often referred to as health tourists} receive medical treatment at great cost to the NHS and the NHS gets little of the money back. If the visitors were insured this money could much more easily be recovered.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

This petition is similar to yours:
Ensure that visitors to the UK have medical insurance for their stay.

Timeline

5 Feb 2017 Petition opened for signatures
8 Feb 2017 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12
Status Rejected
Rejected 8 Feb 2017

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.