NHS care laid on for asylum hotel dwellers

MIGRANTS living in a London hotel are benefiting from free primary and secondary NHS care, while locals travel abroad for operations, we can reveal.

- By Eleanor Burleigh

Mala Pawar, a British citizen with family in India, said long wait times mean she has no choice but to go to Asia to access medical treatment for an injury.

The 63-year-old blames a lack of government action and the growing population of Wembley, North London, where she runs the Abaci Collection clothing shop near a 400-room Holiday Inn currently housing asylum seekers.

She said: “NHS services are deteriorating fast. I don’t blame the staff, I blame the Government, and the number of people [using the NHS] which is increasing by the day.

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“If I have a pressing injury, I’ll try to book an appointment here, but it’s always a very long wait. It'll be weeks before someone sees me.”