'Britain is great': Syrian porter thanks public after NHS migrant surcharge U-turn – video
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Hassan Akkad, a Bafta-winning filmmaker who is working as an NHS cleaner, has thanked the British public after the government announced it would scrap the NHS surcharge for migrant health workers and would no longer exclude them from the NHS bereavement scheme. You restored my faith and my colleagues' faith in this country,' he said
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