tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849606427437002017.post8036679475330323294..comments2023-10-29T14:31:47.752+11:00Comments on nb Parisien Star: Travel insurance, health insurance and medical careElly and Mickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05859027125314402207noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849606427437002017.post-54396951300410553192011-03-02T04:45:12.013+11:002011-03-02T04:45:12.013+11:00Hi again, Elly, Mick. I have more info in answer t...Hi again, Elly, Mick. I have more info in answer to your question "Do UK residents have travel insurance when going to Europe". At the time I posted my first comment I couldn't remember the name of the card we have. Being a resident of a member state of the EU, we carry an E111 card when travelling to other member states, (only EU). This provides us with BASIC health care on a reciprocal basis only, and insurance is still advisable. Again if long term care and/or repatriation is required, then this wouldn't be covered. In fact if we book a package holiday to Europe more often than not they won't accept our booking if we don't have insurance. Further on the subject on GP registration. I have confirmed that any GP will only accept registration from people who actually live within the area they cover. If you move house, for example to another town, then you would have to register with another GP in that town. This doesn't work in the same way with dentists, who will retain you no matter where you live. However, as I originally said, we now have NHS walk in centres that would negate the need to be registered with one surgery.Peter Berryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10941073132300695291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849606427437002017.post-28608798587382008652011-02-28T04:22:46.144+11:002011-02-28T04:22:46.144+11:00This must be a difficult subject to get a grip of ...This must be a difficult subject to get a grip of from your point of view. I can't say that I am any kind of expert on the subject but will give you input from what I know. We obtained very reasonable travel insurance for our 3 month world trip last year. It cost only £120, and we found it by doing one of those price comparison searches on the internet. Be very careful when considering whether you need it or not. Just one example I can think of is that the NHS won't cover any repatriation costs back to Australia in the event of an injury or illness that won't allow you to travel in the normal manner. Medically supervized flights can be very expensive. Also, before deciding on any particular policy, do read the small print to make sure it will cover you for any circumstances. I have read many a horror story when people have had to claim and then found an exclusion in their policy, leaving them high and dry. Next GP's. Any GP will add you to their list if you have a permanent address which is near to their surgery. They will not retain you on that list if you move away though. In those circumstances you have to re-register with a local GP there. So travelling in a narrowboat, (if declared), won't allow you to do that. However, you will have access to NHS walk in centres which are now in most towns and are seperate to A&E departments and deal with conditions that are not urgent. As far as being able to use the NHS service is concerned, I am not sure that even people who hold a UK passport are eligible without having made any national insurance contributions, i.e. have never worked here. To be able to be fully covered with the NHS you will need to have national insurance numbers. You may find this website useful, if you are not already aware of it: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/index.htmPeter Berryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10941073132300695291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849606427437002017.post-78178436473115734572011-02-27T21:41:43.538+11:002011-02-27T21:41:43.538+11:00Thanks for the link to the NHS. I suspect the gre...Thanks for the link to the NHS. I suspect the greatest huddle will be finding a GP who will accept you when you have a "moving" address! <br /><br />We will take out travel insurance for the limited duration of our trip to the UK. However <br />I think we will cancel our Australian private medical insurance before we depart.Tom and Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277996736846008000noreply@blogger.com