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Re: Living In Two Countries
Originally Posted by Beoz
(Post 12214515)
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. |
Re: Living In Two Countries
Originally Posted by Beoz
(Post 12214515)
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. |
Re: Living In Two Countries
Originally Posted by spouse of scouse
(Post 12214790)
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!
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Re: Living In Two Countries
Originally Posted by Amazulu
(Post 12214923)
Fair enough but what if you don't pay council tax? What if you are unemployed and/or on the bones of your arse - yet UK resident?
If you're unemployed, then presumably you'll be receiving some kind of benefits so would have paperwork to that effect. |
Re: Living In Two Countries
Originally Posted by christmasoompa
(Post 12214895)
But if the reciprocal care only covers emergency care, then presumably they billed correctly? Or am I missing something? :unsure:
I think it was the policy of the GP. |
Re: Living In Two Countries
Originally Posted by Beoz
(Post 12215001)
Is that actually written in stone somewhere?
I think it was the policy of the GP. The phrasing is 'necessary immediate treatment' so I guess the GP did not see the visit as needing immediate treatment (maybe). |
Re: Living In Two Countries
Originally Posted by Beoz
(Post 12214749)
I wondered how Kylie Minogue used the Melbourne hospital for her treatment when she was ill despite living in London.
Perhaps she paid outright for the ongoing treatment. |
Re: Living In Two Countries
Originally Posted by old.sparkles
(Post 12215024)
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). |
Re: Living In Two Countries
Originally Posted by Beoz
(Post 12215541)
It wasn't the GP who made that decision, it was the receptionist reciting "surgery policy".
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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.
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Re: Living In Two Countries
Originally Posted by Dorothy
(Post 12215664)
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.
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Re: Living In Two Countries
Originally Posted by Beoz
(Post 12215677)
So what? Is it the receptionists job to decide whether immediate attention is required?
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Re: Living In Two Countries
Originally Posted by garyp
(Post 12215674)
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.
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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. |
Re: Living In Two Countries
Originally Posted by Dorothy
(Post 12215687)
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. |
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