doctors into immigration guards

In January, NHS Digital signed a 'memorandum of understanding' to give the Home Office access to patients' personal information. But data was being shared even before this agreement was made, with the Guardian reporting that 8,000 records were handed over to the Home Office in 2016 alone.

This took place amid a backdrop of rhetoric from ministers - including May herself - about an attack on so-called 'health tourism'. People increasingly became afraid to seek medical treatment.

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