We use cookies to help provide you with the best experience using our website.
If you're happy to accept cookies, continue to browse our site or click 'x' and we'll close this message.
Learn more
Maternity Tourism
Claim made by: Prime Minister Theresa May, Former Surgeon Meirion Thomas,
Location: The Independent, BBC Radio 4 and other national news outlets
Spotted on: 2016-11-22
There is a 'big problem' with 'maternity tourism' in the UK. I have seen a few articles suggesting passports be asked for at scans (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theresa-may-passport-checks-pregnant-women-hospitals-approval-maternity-tourism-a7357521.html) and this morning on BBC Radio4's 'Today' programme a surgeon was making the claim again. I would like evidence of the numbers of women giving birth in this country without a 'valid claim' to NHS resources. How much that costs us. How passports would improve the situation and how much these savings might be as a percentage of NHS expenditure.