Ordinarily resident status is a concept in the law of the United Kingdom which affects entitlement to the National Health Service.
Pre-settled or settled status for EEA/Swiss nationals [...] is required for EEA/Swiss nationals that were living or studying in the UK on or before 31 December 2020.Guidance on implementing the overseas visitor hospital charging regulations is provided to assist NHS bodies to make and recover charges for NHS hospital treatment from chargeable overseas visitors.
[3] HM Revenue and Customs issued guidance (booklet HMRC 6) in respect of taxation which included reference to renting, leasing or buying property.
In October 2016, it was reported that the government had set a target of recovering £500 million a year from overseas visitors treated in NHS hospitals in England, which had been "refined" to £346m for 2017-18, according to the National Audit Office.
[7] According to Joseph Meirion Thomas, a former cancer specialist at the Royal Marsden Hospital, failure to enforce the charging regulations is costing the British taxpayer £3 billion a year.