Living In Two Countries
#16
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Re: Living In Two Countries
I can cofirm that my son who was about 18 months old at the time, and not very well at all, was hit with a £30 GP visit bill from the family life long doctors surgery in the UK, despite me showing them on the internet the reciprocal right arrangements.
Needless to say, the family no longer uses the surgery they have done for 40 years.
Needless to say, the family no longer uses the surgery they have done for 40 years.
#17
Re: Living In Two Countries
I can cofirm that my son who was about 18 months old at the time, and not very well at all, was hit with a £30 GP visit bill from the family life long doctors surgery in the UK, despite me showing them on the internet the reciprocal right arrangements.
Needless to say, the family no longer uses the surgery they have done for 40 years.
Needless to say, the family no longer uses the surgery they have done for 40 years.
#18
Re: Living In Two Countries
Nah, the Home Office is red hot on this. They want to see Council tax notices among other documents. UK citizens who aren't 'ordinarily resident' pay 150% of the standard NHS charge for the services they access, in England anyway. There are different arrangements for UK citizens living in an EU country. For now, who knows what the future will bring!
#19
Re: Living In Two Countries
If you're unemployed, then presumably you'll be receiving some kind of benefits so would have paperwork to that effect.
#21
Re: Living In Two Countries
The phrasing is 'necessary immediate treatment' so I guess the GP did not see the visit as needing immediate treatment (maybe).
#22
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Joined: May 2005
Location: Leschenault WA (after few locations around WA and Around Europe!)
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Re: Living In Two Countries
Doh! You really are only here to stir up right? Just because NHS sorted their stuff out, doesn't make it law in Australia! Every Australian is still eligible for Medicare.... Despite living in London, UK, different country, different rules and all that.
#23
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Re: Living In Two Countries
RHCA here - https://www.humanservices.gov.au/cus...are-agreements
The phrasing is 'necessary immediate treatment' so I guess the GP did not see the visit as needing immediate treatment (maybe).
The phrasing is 'necessary immediate treatment' so I guess the GP did not see the visit as needing immediate treatment (maybe).
#24
Re: Living In Two Countries
As someone who used to work front line in a doctor's office I can assure you that the "office policies" are most likely those of the doctor and not the receptionist.
#25
Re: Living In Two Countries
If you got a UK address and register with a GP you are going to get NHS number and free care. There was a programme on recently based around NHS hospitals in London. The trust employed someone who chased patients for the money they owed for care. One woman from an African country gave birth to quads while transiting through Heathrow. Her care for the babies came to bout £200000 but she didn't pay a penny. The guys job was to ask for any payment but they all just said they couldn't afford it and got away with it. These people never even lived in the UK so I assume if you did you will be looked after.
#27
Re: Living In Two Countries
No it is not. But it is also not her job to decide whether you pay for the service or not. She's only doing what her employers tell her to do. If you want to bitch to someone about paying for your child to be seen you had the opportunity to while you were seeing the doctor.
#28
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Re: Living In Two Countries
If you got a UK address and register with a GP you are going to get NHS number and free care. There was a programme on recently based around NHS hospitals in London. The trust employed someone who chased patients for the money they owed for care. One woman from an African country gave birth to quads while transiting through Heathrow. Her care for the babies came to bout £200000 but she didn't pay a penny. The guys job was to ask for any payment but they all just said they couldn't afford it and got away with it. These people never even lived in the UK so I assume if you did you will be looked after.
#29
Re: Living In Two Countries
Beoz, looks like your little one's GP appointment shouldn't have been charged for, as A&E AND GP appointments are supposed to be free of charge - see https://www.gov.uk/government/news/n...ns-to-nhs-care
Regarding any other NHS services, also from the link above -
People living outside the EEA
People who live outside the EEA, including former UK residents, should now make sure they are covered by personal health insurance, unless an exemption applies to them. Anyone who does not have insurance will be charged at 150% of the NHS national tariff for any care they receive.
Regarding any other NHS services, also from the link above -
People living outside the EEA
People who live outside the EEA, including former UK residents, should now make sure they are covered by personal health insurance, unless an exemption applies to them. Anyone who does not have insurance will be charged at 150% of the NHS national tariff for any care they receive.
#30
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Re: Living In Two Countries
No it is not. But it is also not her job to decide whether you pay for the service or not. She's only doing what her employers tell her to do. If you want to bitch to someone about paying for your child to be seen you had the opportunity to while you were seeing the doctor.
So when this question arises again as it has done in the past, its the policy of the surgery, with a loose government guideline.