Free emergency medical treatment is given to any visitor from ... who becomes ill while staying in England

The National Health Service Act was passed through Parliament in 1946 and in 1948 this Act received the Royal assent and was ... into operation.

Most medical treatment in Great Britain is free, but charges are made for drugs, spectacles and 

But those who come to England ... for treatment must pay for it.

Similar services operate in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Further administrative changes were ... by a number of other Health Service Acts.