One Bolton MP has backed a Labour party petition to call on the government to stop charging NHS workers from abroad to use the NHS.
Yasmin Qureshi, Labour MP for Bolton South East, shared the petition on her Twitter account to call for the change.
She said: "It's not right that health and care workers from abroad are asked to pay hundreds of pounds to use the NHS they work in.
"We're asking the PM to drop the charge."
The petition is encouraging people to sign to "Tell the Government: Stop charging NHS workers from overseas to use the NHS."
It says: "Some of these essential workers come from overseas and, as a result, are made to pay a fee to use the NHS they work in. The Tories are increasing this fee from £400 to £624 in October this year.
"When NHS workers give so much to the NHS, they shouldn’t have to pay at all.
"We’re calling on the Government to scrap the charge."
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