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Forum: Moving back or to the UK

Feb 22nd 2013, 6:24 pm

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The Real NHS

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Posted By holly_1948

Re: The Real NHS

Discovered on the web:-

You would think all this change would cost money, in fact less money will be available in total.

Forum: Moving back or to the UK

Oct 16th 2012, 6:14 pm

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The Real NHS

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Posted By holly_1948

Re: The Real NHS

Yes, excellent.
Doing that is 100% consistent with doing what a good law-abiding resident should do. And a visitor does not do. Moreover, it generates paperwork, which is what the NHS so loves to...

Forum: Moving back or to the UK

Oct 16th 2012, 4:00 pm

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The Real NHS

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Posted By holly_1948

Re: The Real NHS

Possible confusion there -
the 1982 stuff is the formal definition of ordinary residence from the NHS website (key points are legally resident and the reason for being resident is both apparent and...

Forum: Moving back or to the UK

Oct 16th 2012, 11:50 am

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The Real NHS

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Posted By holly_1948

Re: The Real NHS

From an NHS website

Habitual residence cannot be acquired quickly if you are returning to the UK, no matter what you do. Habitual residence is required for local authority housing assistance in...

Forum: Moving back or to the UK

Oct 14th 2012, 11:07 pm

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The Real NHS

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Posted By holly_1948

Re: The Real NHS

Yes.
NHS medical tourism accounts for a tiny percentage of the NHS budget. 0.01% by some reports.

That's not to say that the problem should be ignored, if only because it does have the long term...

Forum: Moving back or to the UK

Oct 4th 2012, 10:35 pm

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The Real NHS

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Posted By holly_1948

Re: The Real NHS

As an example, breaking a leg in a car accident in the USA may bankrupt an uninsured visitor or resident alike. But the leg will be still set in the emergency room, even if it is clear that payment...

Forum: Moving back or to the UK

Oct 4th 2012, 5:48 pm

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The Real NHS

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Posted By holly_1948

Re: The Real NHS

It is an NHS philosophy that it is substantially free at the point of service and is not means tested.
Unlike the "Penny in the pound" schemes that preceded the NHS.

As has been pointed out at...

Forum: Moving back or to the UK

Sep 21st 2012, 10:36 am

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The Real NHS

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Posted By holly_1948

Re: The Real NHS

I seem to recall, a few years back, that when NHS records were being computerised, there was an option to ask your GP to keep only paper records and not upload your information to the central...

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