Pregnant and returning to the UK
Jan 2nd 2011, 11:20 am
#16
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Re: Pregnant and returning to the UK
oooh! you are also entitled to a FREE ,yes FREE (lothian lad) HOMEBIRTH!!!
in australia is costs about $5000, and you get very well looked after with two midwives in the uk too!
i could definately recommend their service...i think devon's homebirth rate is around 9%, not sure about cornwall....
in australia is costs about $5000, and you get very well looked after with two midwives in the uk too!
i could definately recommend their service...i think devon's homebirth rate is around 9%, not sure about cornwall....
Jan 2nd 2011, 11:41 am
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Re: Pregnant and returning to the UK
absolutely!
AND incase you don't know lothianlad, australia has a recipricol agreement with healthcare for british citizens, so brits are looked after in aus at the oz tax payers expense! so what!!!! and that would include you, if you lived in oz!
she absolutely has a right to medical care!
AND i think she should also check out the maternity benefits too, while she is at it, as she may just qualify for maternity allowance, if she has 26 out of the 66 weeks test period of national insurance contributions!
so there lothian lad...
anyone else think of what she may qualify for, just to tick him off???
if i think of any other "freebies" you can get, i'll BE SURE to let you know...
i think that was a very rude comment to make actually lothianlad!!!
very rude!
AND incase you don't know lothianlad, australia has a recipricol agreement with healthcare for british citizens, so brits are looked after in aus at the oz tax payers expense! so what!!!! and that would include you, if you lived in oz!
she absolutely has a right to medical care!
AND i think she should also check out the maternity benefits too, while she is at it, as she may just qualify for maternity allowance, if she has 26 out of the 66 weeks test period of national insurance contributions!
so there lothian lad...
anyone else think of what she may qualify for, just to tick him off???
if i think of any other "freebies" you can get, i'll BE SURE to let you know...
i think that was a very rude comment to make actually lothianlad!!!
very rude!
Oh and free podiatry for all and sundry LOL!! I got that free for my bunion and I am not even pregnant or likely to be EVER again shock horror!!
Jan 2nd 2011, 11:49 am
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Re: Pregnant and returning to the UK
and boy, did it help!
kids can be treated free up to 18 yrs as well!
http://www.fpo.org.uk/Secondary/Misc/maps.html
Jan 2nd 2011, 12:11 pm
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Re: Pregnant and returning to the UK
yes, and i even got FREE cranial osteopathy while pregnant, and for 6 months following, at the foundation for pediatric ostepathy in london!!!
and boy, did it help!
kids can be treated free up to 18 yrs as well!
http://www.fpo.org.uk/Secondary/Misc/maps.html
and boy, did it help!
kids can be treated free up to 18 yrs as well!
http://www.fpo.org.uk/Secondary/Misc/maps.html
Jan 2nd 2011, 12:39 pm
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Re: Pregnant and returning to the UK
I look at the NHS like an insurance policy. You can make a claim whether you paid your first premium yesterday, or have been paying for 30 years. So, if you move back to pursue residence today, you are eligible for free treatment today, just like any resident.
I don't buy into the rationale of having paid taxes for 20 years making a current expat eligible, though. If you aren't a taxpaying resident at the moment, you aren't eligible for free routine treatment at the moment. If I stopped paying for car insurance today and had an accident tomorrow, why should I be covered, even if I have 30 years no-claims (which is the case)?
So don't get me started on expat "NHS tourists", and people who take free NHS treatment for self-inflicted illnesses and injuries (try visiting Glasgow Royal Informary on a Friday night for example).
I don't buy into the rationale of having paid taxes for 20 years making a current expat eligible, though. If you aren't a taxpaying resident at the moment, you aren't eligible for free routine treatment at the moment. If I stopped paying for car insurance today and had an accident tomorrow, why should I be covered, even if I have 30 years no-claims (which is the case)?
So don't get me started on expat "NHS tourists", and people who take free NHS treatment for self-inflicted illnesses and injuries (try visiting Glasgow Royal Informary on a Friday night for example).
Jan 2nd 2011, 12:40 pm
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Re: Pregnant and returning to the UK
Jan 2nd 2011, 9:33 pm
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Re: Pregnant and returning to the UK
One way of looking at it is that smokers pay an ENORMOUS amount of duty on their cigs and that's all money in the pot for the Government, maybe they are getting a fraction back of their contribution.
Jan 2nd 2011, 9:36 pm
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Re: Pregnant and returning to the UK
Yes it does seem a bit unfair and now explains to me why my brother has suddenly joined a gym!!
One way of looking at it is that smokers pay an ENORMOUS amount of duty on their cigs and that's all money in the pot for the Government, maybe they are getting a fraction back of their contribution.
One way of looking at it is that smokers pay an ENORMOUS amount of duty on their cigs and that's all money in the pot for the Government, maybe they are getting a fraction back of their contribution.
Jan 2nd 2011, 10:20 pm
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Re: Pregnant and returning to the UK
oooh! you are also entitled to a FREE ,yes FREE (lothian lad) HOMEBIRTH!!!
in australia is costs about $5000, and you get very well looked after with two midwives in the uk too!
i could definately recommend their service...i think devon's homebirth rate is around 9%, not sure about cornwall....
in australia is costs about $5000, and you get very well looked after with two midwives in the uk too!
i could definately recommend their service...i think devon's homebirth rate is around 9%, not sure about cornwall....
That's weird really because you must surely be saving the Government money by being in your own bed, not a hospital bed???
Jan 3rd 2011, 3:21 am
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Re: Pregnant and returning to the UK
On the benefit front I guess be prepared for moving goalposts.
There have been many headline changes. I am currently waiting to hear if I can get any help. (Tax credit etc) I've done my time paying some decent tax returns and not claimed anything until now. Just after the helping hand that the system is mean to provide.
Also hoping that my plans going forward come to fruition and I become ineligible again!
I have no qualms about making the claim. I don't think anyone should. If you're in need of the help and it's there........
There have been many headline changes. I am currently waiting to hear if I can get any help. (Tax credit etc) I've done my time paying some decent tax returns and not claimed anything until now. Just after the helping hand that the system is mean to provide.
Also hoping that my plans going forward come to fruition and I become ineligible again!
I have no qualms about making the claim. I don't think anyone should. If you're in need of the help and it's there........
Hope you hear some good news from tax credits, I think we may get something off that towards helping for daycare which will be great. We won't be eligible for family allowance since the new rules came into place, but we don't get that here so I don't miss it...
Jan 3rd 2011, 3:22 am
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Jan 3rd 2011, 3:29 am
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Re: Pregnant and returning to the UK
yes, and i even got FREE cranial osteopathy while pregnant, and for 6 months following, at the foundation for pediatric ostepathy in london!!!
and boy, did it help!
kids can be treated free up to 18 yrs as well!
http://www.fpo.org.uk/Secondary/Misc/maps.html
and boy, did it help!
kids can be treated free up to 18 yrs as well!
http://www.fpo.org.uk/Secondary/Misc/maps.html