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New Rules - UK Healthcare

Toon Cyprus Expert

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11 years ago

Important

an interesting and VERY important snippet
Recent changes in healthcare rules which can have an impact on healthcare cover for UK Nationals living abroad = all good
comes into force april 2015
it was finally agreed last week, to come into force on 6 April this year.
The changes basically enable our pensioner ex-pats living in Europe to come back to the UK and use the NHS as if they were still living here. This is relevant to those in receipt of a UK state pension, living in another EU country who have their healthcare paid for by the UK by means of an S1 registered with the health system of the country they are living in. I鈥檓 hoping this applies to you?
With this law change, the Government will be extending the right to return for all NHS treatment, including planned/elective, to this group of citizens. As I say, this change will become effective from 6 April 2015 and effectively means that ex-pat UK state pensioners living in the EEA have the same rights to NHS services as people resident in the UK, and without the need to obtain any kind of authorisation from their country of residence.

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