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Does anyone knows how can we check if we owe anything to NHS.. i'm pretty sure we don't but just want to be 100% sure...

Why would you want to know that for?.

You either owe them if you had medical treatment when you were not entitled to it because you are not permanently resident in this country,or you owe them nothing because as a permanent resident of this country,NHS treatment is free

batleykhan wrote:if you had medical treatment when you were not entitled to it because you are not permanently resident in this country.

I have a question on the above statement. Did you mean to say "permanently resident" meaning not subject to immigration control? Or did you mean this as in, "resident for work (income-tax), study purposes"? I just wanted to verify as from what I'm aware there are many non-permanent residents (E.g. economic migrants, undergraduate students) who are entitled to free NHS treatment.

Did you mean to say "permanently resident" meaning not subject to immigration control

Yes

Those who are subject to immigration control are entitled to initial emergency treatment, but any subsequent treatment that may be required will have to be paid for by the person or their sponsors.

Rules regarding medical treatment are complicated, so may be worth checking UKBA and NHS website about the issue

batleykhan wrote:Those who are subject to immigration control are entitled to initial emergency treatment, but any subsequent treatment that may be required will have to be paid for by the person or their sponsors.

This one applies to visitors.

In general, individuals on visas that allow studies and employment in UK and issued for a period of more than 6 months are entitled to free NHS services.

sushdmehta wrote:

batleykhan wrote:Those who are subject to immigration control are entitled to initial emergency treatment, but any subsequent treatment that may be required will have to be paid for by the person or their sponsors.

This one applies to visitors.

In general, individuals on visas that allow studies and employment in UK and issued for a period of more than 6 months are entitled to free NHS services.

Thanks for the clarification & confirmation. This is as I understood it to be based on receiving free NHS treatment previously as a Student and now as an Economic migrant. Just wanted to verify as to whether there had been any recent NHS, UKBA changes on this, which you have now clarified.