{"id":249335,"date":"2025-11-07T13:05:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T13:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/249335\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T13:05:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T13:05:08","slug":"east-sussex-asylum-seekers-to-register-with-local-gps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/249335\/","title":{"rendered":"East Sussex asylum seekers to register with local GPs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A government spokesperson told the BBC it was &#8220;furious at the level of illegal migrants and asylum hotels&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We are working closely with local authorities, property partners and across-government so that we can accelerate delivery,&#8221; said the spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It added that NHS treatment was prioritised by clinical need, not asylum status.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;NHS organisations are encouraged to engage with vulnerable groups of people who would otherwise fail to seek help when they need it, and in some cases, this may include asylum seekers,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;This early intervention work is important in ensuring people access any necessary treatment when they need it in the most appropriate setting, rather than presenting with a more serious condition at a later stage and placing further burden on urgent care services such as A&amp;E.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A government spokesperson told the BBC it was &#8220;furious at the level of illegal migrants and asylum hotels&#8221;.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249336,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-249335","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-healthcare","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}