Health care for asylum seekers and refugees in Scotland

I am seeking asylum. Can I get health care from the NHS in Scotland?

  • You can get health care from the NHS if:
    • your application for asylum is being considered, or
    • you have been refused asylum and you are appealing against the decision.

I have been granted asylum. Can I get health care from the NHS?

  • You will continue to get health care from the NHS if you have been:
    • given the right to stay in the UK as a refugee
    • granted humanitarian protection, or
    • granted discretionary leave.

I have been refused asylum. Can I get health care from the NHS in Scotland?

  • If you have been refused asylum, and any appeals against the decision have also failed, you can still get health care from the NHS while you are in Scotland.
  • Any course of treatment you started having while you were seeking asylum should be completed or continued until you leave the country.

Page last edited: 27 April 2010