article_snippet: so they could arrange for it to be paid by the local health board.
article_snippet: It was very stressful,’ Mr White said, adding: ‘I’ve worked for 40-plus years and always paid my taxes, so to be suddenly told that I was going to be charged for treatment on the NHS was shocking.
article_snippet: Hinchingbrooke Hospital Hinchingbrooke Hospital has admitted that the invoice was sent to Mr White in error and should have been sent to Mr White local health authority .
article_snippet: For them to have been talking to me about payment moments before them took me for treatment was totally wrong.
article_snippet: didn’t worry too much’ as Mr White GP had told Mr White that the Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board would deal with the invoice, so Mr White simply passed the invoice onto Mr White surgery.
article_snippet: A spokesman for Hinchingbrooke NHS Trust denied referring to Mr White as a ‘foreigner’ and claimed they sent Mr White the invoice at the request of his surgery.
article_snippet: they added: ‘they agreed with his GP that they would send the invoice directly to the patient, and the patient would pass the invoice on to the practice.
article_snippet: But a spokesman for the Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board said: ‘the invoice should have been sent to the Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board.
article_snippet: they would have paid the invoice directly, without involving the patient.