Claim: 6.5 million migrants have registered with UK GPs in the last 10 years.
Fact-check: We can't be sure how many migrants registered with GPs in the last decade - Full Fact
Verdict: according to the ons, that's how many new gp registrations there were in england and wales between 2007 and 2017 where the person's previous address was abroad. but migrants who moved between homes in the uk may have been double counted and we don't know how many were only here short-term.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Claire Milne
Date published: 2019-08-23T00:00:00