HELP
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HELP
We are at the moment selling our house in the UK and hoping to move to Spain (north costa blanca). Just so confused with what we need to do ie: forms we will need and how to get a GP etc. The estate agent we speak to has said that they help with everything but would like to hear from people who have already mad the move how hard/easy it is. My husband has Parkinsons (early stages) can he still get medical care
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Re: HELP
since your husband is a pensioner you will both be covered for the state health system with these - you as his dependant
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Re: HELP
Thank you for this will get on to it tomorrow
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Good luck with your move, we have found the health service here excellent after OH had a sten fitted last year
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Re: HELP
We are at the moment selling our house in the UK and hoping to move to Spain (north costa blanca). Just so confused with what we need to do ie: forms we will need and how to get a GP etc. The estate agent we speak to has said that they help with everything but would like to hear from people who have already mad the move how hard/easy it is. My husband has Parkinsons (early stages) can he still get medical care
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Re: HELP
Beware of the estate agent who tells you they will "sort it all out for you". The estate agents we dealt with when buying said this and then let us down very badly at every cut and turn. Once they'd made the sale, they couldn't care less. We ended up having to get someone else to help us sort out the maze of paperwork.
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by which I mean you don't use a lawyer recommended by them for the purchase - but by all means let them organise your NIE number (which you need to purchase the property), although this is pretty easy to do yourself on one of your trips here - & if they offer to organise the transfer of utilities for you for free , let them - but a gestor would probably charge you less than any fee the agent would charge
when you actually move here, the paperwork you need to do isn't so very complicated, it's more that you need to do a bit of running around (& you still have to actually do it, even with someone helping ) - but again, if you feel you need help with it, a gestor is the way to go IMO
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Prescriptions are not free here as in the UK, just recently depending on your income a percentage charge was introduced, if you do a search on here you will find the tread out lining this. Between the 2 of us we have need 6 different tablets but our monthly bill is about 1.20 so not to bad really. Good luck with your move.