article_snippet: A retired teacher was sent an NHS bill after A retired teacher received hospital treatment in England – because A retired teacher lived in Wales.
article_snippet: A retired teacher was stunned when staff at Hinchingbrooke Hospital, near Huntingdon, said A retired teacher would be getting a bill for almost £2,000 in the post because A retired teacher was ‘technically a foreigner’.
article_snippet: A retired teacher was sent a bill for £1,775 because A retired teacher was classed as a 'foreigner' Hinchingbrooke Hospital have since apologised, and claim they explained to Mr White that A retired teacher could pass a bill on to A retired teacher GP
article_snippet: Mr White said: 'I was told that because I was Welsh I counted as a foreigner and would  have to pay' Mr White was released, but several weeks later was offered a gastroscopy, where doctors put a camera into a stomach to identify any problems.
article_snippet: ‘The father-of-two said that because I lived in North Wales I was technically a foreigner and would be sent a bill
highlights_snippet: Hospital staff member said being Welsh meant Hospital staff member was classed
highlights_snippet: a 'foreigner'
  Hospital said Welsh agreed to send a bill for £1,775 to Mr White for a 'foreigner'
  Hospital to forward on to a 'foreigner'
  Hospital GP to allow a 'foreigner'
  Hospital local health board to pay .
  
highlights_snippet: The NHS in Wales is run separately to the health service in England .