GPs win care fight for asylum seekers  Clampdown on 'health
tourism' to be scrapped  The government is ready to scrap
controversial plans to clamp down on so-called 'health tourism'
among asylum seekers, following a revolt by doctors.  Ministers
had threatened to withdraw the right to free GP treatment from
asylum seekers whose claims were rejected, forcing them to pay
for care privately or go without in all cases except
emergencies. However, doctors have argued the move would be
unethical and potentially illegal, with some saying they would
treat patients regardless of any new rules.  The Home Office and
Department of Health - which was due to publish its decision
later this month - are understood to be reconsidering their
position after conceding that there was no proof that free
primary care was encouraging refugees to come to Britain.
'Healthcare should not be a magnet, but there isn't any evidence
that primary care is a draw for people choosing the UK as a
destination,' said a senior Whitehall source. '