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Health care for asylum seekers and refugees in Scotland
If you are an asylum seeker or a refugee living in Scotland, this
factsheet tells you how you can get health care from the NHS while
you are here.
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