By Sophie Borland PUBLISHED: 19:21 EST, 29 December 2013 | UPDATED: 05:50 EST, 30 December 2013 Foreigners coming to Britain will be charged for emergency treatment on the NHS for the first time as part of a clampdown on health tourism. Migrants who go to A&E will be billed between £20 and £100 for a consultation, on top of the cost of their treatment – with staff presenting chip-and-pin machines at their bedsides. The charges are being brought in amid concerns that the NHS has become an 'international health service', with foreign patients who are not entitled to care racking up costs of £2billion a year.
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Migrants billed between £20 and £100 for a consultation at A&E
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Patients may end up being presented with a chip-and-pin machine
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Charges come in amid concerns that NHS is now 'international'
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It is claimed foreign patients rack up costs of £2billion a year
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Many health tourists travel to the UK specifically for free treatment
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Ministers have ruled out making overseas patients pay to see a GP
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