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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Holly Bancroft

‘I’ve lived in UK for 45 years – but the NHS didn’t believe me and charged me £500 for appointment’

A 73-year-old said she was put through “three months of hell” by the NHS after they challenged her right to live in the UK and sent her a charge for a routine health appointment.

Soisic Calland, who is a French national, has lived in Scunthorpe for some 45 years and has long-term residency status in the UK. Despite giving birth to three children at Scunthorpe general hospital, she said that she was interrogated by staff about her immigration status when she went to an appointment there with a Rheumatology consultant in April this year.

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