Dear FOl Officer,
Under the Freedom of lnfom1ation Act 2000, I request the following information for the financial years 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25:
1. The total number of patient episodes (e.g., emergency, inpatient, outpatient) recorded in your trust’s systems where the patient was flagged as an asylum seeker or exempt from charging due to asylwn/refugee status.
2. Total NHS expenditure associated with those episodes, by category where available (e.g., by service type such as A&E, inpatient, outpatient, prescriptions, maternity).
3. Whether your trust records immigration status or charging exemption codes that can distinguish asylum seekers from other charging exemption categories.
Please provide this information in a machine-readable format (e.g., CSV or Excel) where possible.
If you believe supplying the financial cost data would exceed the appropriate cost limit, please provide the patient episode counts and, separately, any average cost figures you can supply.
I confirm that I am requesting this information under the Freedom of Information Act, and I look forward to your response within 20 working days.
Yours sincerely,