PATIENTS NOT PASSPORTS: Migrants Access to Healthcare During the Coronavirus Crisis | June 2020 Endnotes 1 Booth, R & Barr C (2020) Black people four times more likely to die from Covid-19, ONS finds. The Guardian. Published 7th May 2020. Available: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/07/black-people-four-times-more-likely-to-diefrom-covid-19-ons-finds 2 Cook, T. Kursumovic, E and Lennane, S. (2020) Exclusive: deaths of NHS staff from covid-19 analysed. Health Services Journal. Published 22nd April 2020. Available: https://www.hsj.co.uk/exclusive-deaths-of-nhs-staff-from-covid-19analysed/7027471.article 3 Migration Exchange (May 2020) COVID-19 Impact Assessment Framework. Available: https://global-dialogue.org/wpcontent/uploads/2020/05/C-19-Impact-Assessment-Framework-Full-report.pdf 4 BBC News (2019) ‘Right to rent’ checks breach human rights - High Court. BBC News. Published 1st March 2019. Available: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47415383 5 Immigration Act 2014, Section 39. Available: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/22/part/3/chapter/2/ crossheading/national-health-service/enacted 6 Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (2019) NHS charges to overseas visitors regulations - Academy statement. Available: http://www.aomrc.org.uk/statements/nhs-charges-for-overseas-visitors-regulations-academy-statement/ 7 The Royal College of Midwives (2019) Midwives cannot act as gatekeepers to NHS maternity services. Available: https:// www.rcm.org.uk/media-releases/2019/september/midwives-cannot-act-as-gatekeepers-to-nhs-maternity-services-saysrcm-on-maternity-action-report/ 8 The BMA (2019) Delayed, deterred, and distressed: The impact of NHS overseas charging regulations on patients and the doctors who care for them. London. https://www.bma.org.uk/media/1834/bma-overseas-charging-paper-2018.pdf 9 Equality and Human Rights Commission (2018) The lived experiences of access to healthcare for people seeking and refused asylum. London. Available from: https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/default/files/research-report-122people-seeking-asylum-access-to-healthcare-lived-experiences.pdf 10 Doctors of the World (2017) Deterrence, delay and distress: the impact of charging in NHS hospitals on migrants in vulnerable circumstances. London. https://www.doctorsoftheworld.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/import-from-old-site/ files/Research_brief_KCL_upfront_charging_research_2310.pdf 11 For a more detailed analysis of the Hostile Environment in the NHS, and the harm it causes, see Medact’s briefing: Patients Not Passports: Challenging healthcare charging in the NHS. - https://www.medact.org/2019/resources/briefings/patientsnot-passports/ 12 The guidance is available through the DHSC’s ‘NHS entitlements: migrant health guide’. The change log states that government guidance was first added to the page on 22nd April 2020. (last accessed 2nd May 2020) https://www.gov.uk/ guidance/nhs-entitlements-migrant-health-guide 13 Doctors of the World UK coronavirus information webpage https://www.doctorsoftheworld.org.uk/coronavirusinformation/# (last accessed 2nd May 2020) 14 Doctors of the World (2020) An Unsafe Distance: The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Excluded People in England. Available: https://www.doctorsoftheworld.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/covid19-full-rna-report.pdf 15 NHS England (2018) Guidance for commissioners: Interpreting and Translation Services in Primary Care. Available: https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/guidance-for-commissioners-interpreting-and-translation-services-in-primarycare/ 16 For more information see: Written evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee ‘Home Office preparedness for Covid-19 (Coronavirus)’, submitted by Asylum Matters, Detention Action, Doctors of the World UK, Freedom From Torture, The No Accommodation Network, Refugee Action, Refugee Council, Scottish Refugee Council, and the UK Lesbian & Gay Immigration Group (2020). Available: https://naccom.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Submission.pdf 17 Walawalkar, A (2020) MPs urge government to suspend NHS immigration checks. The Guardian. Published: 18th April 2020. Available: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/18/mps-urge-government-to-suspend-nhs-immigrationchecks 18 Bulman, M (2020) Coronavirus: Home Office immigration policies ‘compounding’ health inequalities, says Sadiq Khan. The Independent. Published: 28th April 2020. Available: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/ coronavirus-sadiq-khan-home-office-immigration-policies-a9488966.html 30