Table 2. Key Points From Entitlement Guidance .

1.	All asylum-seekers and refugees are entitled to register with a GP and receive free NHS hospital treatment.
2.	GP practices retain discretion to register refused asylum-seekers and provide them health services to the same extent that they have this discretion in registering and providing services to any patient, regardless of residency status.
3.	Treatment of certain specified communicable diseases (eg, tuberculosis, hepatitis B, measles), compulsory mental health treatment, treatment provided in event of an accident, and emergency department services are exempt from charges for all patients.
4.	Health professionals must not discriminate against asylum-seekers or refused asylum-seekers by unfairly prioritising other patients over them.
5.	In England, refused asylum-seekers and asylum-seekers not receiving benefits may still be entitled to free prescriptions. Prescription charges have been abolished in Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.
6.	Different entitlements to free hospital treatment for refused asylum-seekers exist in each UK nation.
7.	It is not the responsibility of doctors to make decisions concerning the eligibility of patients to access free NHS hospital care.
8.	Refused asylum-seekers who were undergoing a course of hospital treatment at the time their claim for asylum was rejected are entitled to undergo that period of treatment free-of-charge until completion.

Abbreviations: NHS, National Health Service; GP, general practitioner.