UK NHS payments to Spain
Mar 17th 2013 | 5:27 am
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UK NHS payments to Spain
I read a post a while ago.Stating that the UK pays something over 3000 euros per expat in Spain.I've searched but can't find it on the forum.I'm looking for a link to where the info originated from.My doctor seems to think we are all health tourists
Mar 17th 2013 | 5:41 am
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Re: UK NHS payments to Spain
Due to the differing information posted on forums and elsewhwere I contacted the Department of Health for a definitive answer in December last year.
This was their reply:-
Thank you for your email of 3 December about healthcare in Spain . I have been asked to reply.
The UK pays Spain a lump sum of £274.11 per state pensioner, per month, regardless of the level of healthcare accessed by that person.
The Department understands that some local doctors may be under the impression that, as they do not receive this funding directly, the UK is not paying its bills. This is incorrect as the UK pays the Spanish health department in Madrid on an ongoing basis. The question of how such payments are further distributed is, of course, a matter for the Spanish authorities.
Yours sincerely,
Ministerial Correspondence and Public Enquiries
Department of Health
This was their reply:-
Thank you for your email of 3 December about healthcare in Spain . I have been asked to reply.
The UK pays Spain a lump sum of £274.11 per state pensioner, per month, regardless of the level of healthcare accessed by that person.
The Department understands that some local doctors may be under the impression that, as they do not receive this funding directly, the UK is not paying its bills. This is incorrect as the UK pays the Spanish health department in Madrid on an ongoing basis. The question of how such payments are further distributed is, of course, a matter for the Spanish authorities.
Yours sincerely,
Ministerial Correspondence and Public Enquiries
Department of Health
Mar 17th 2013 | 8:28 am
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Re: UK NHS payments to Spain
Due to the differing information posted on forums and elsewhwere I contacted the Department of Health for a definitive answer in December last year.
This was their reply:-
Thank you for your email of 3 December about healthcare in Spain . I have been asked to reply.
The UK pays Spain a lump sum of £274.11 per state pensioner, per month, regardless of the level of healthcare accessed by that person.
The Department understands that some local doctors may be under the impression that, as they do not receive this funding directly, the UK is not paying its bills. This is incorrect as the UK pays the Spanish health department in Madrid on an ongoing basis. The question of how such payments are further distributed is, of course, a matter for the Spanish authorities.
Yours sincerely,
Ministerial Correspondence and Public Enquiries
Department of Health
This was their reply:-
Thank you for your email of 3 December about healthcare in Spain . I have been asked to reply.
The UK pays Spain a lump sum of £274.11 per state pensioner, per month, regardless of the level of healthcare accessed by that person.
The Department understands that some local doctors may be under the impression that, as they do not receive this funding directly, the UK is not paying its bills. This is incorrect as the UK pays the Spanish health department in Madrid on an ongoing basis. The question of how such payments are further distributed is, of course, a matter for the Spanish authorities.
Yours sincerely,
Ministerial Correspondence and Public Enquiries
Department of Health
Mar 17th 2013 | 8:49 am
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Re: UK NHS payments to Spain
It may be a coincidence but the way the figure is calculated is by taking the total cost of healthcare in Spain divided by the total number of those entitled to it.
It is an EU calculation and would also be used to calculate the amount that Spain would have to contribute to the UK NHS for any Spaniards in the UK under the same reciprocal agreement.
It is an EU calculation and would also be used to calculate the amount that Spain would have to contribute to the UK NHS for any Spaniards in the UK under the same reciprocal agreement.
Mar 17th 2013 | 5:57 pm
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Re: UK NHS payments to Spain
Mar 17th 2013 | 7:14 pm
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Re: UK NHS payments to Spain
I ended up being temporarily registered because I made the mistake of giving her my EHIC when registering, although I also had an NIE and INSS number.
I now believe it is best to ensure you go to the big city and get the S1 and yourself registered into "the system" before registering with a doctor.
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Mar 17th 2013 | 7:23 pm
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Re: UK NHS payments to Spain
it may not be the doctor himself but the receptionist.
I ended up being temporarily registered because I made the mistake of giving her my EHIC when registering, although I also had an NIE and INSS number.
I now believe it is best to ensure you go to the big city and get the S1 and yourself registered into "the system" before registering with a doctor.
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I ended up being temporarily registered because I made the mistake of giving her my EHIC when registering, although I also had an NIE and INSS number.
I now believe it is best to ensure you go to the big city and get the S1 and yourself registered into "the system" before registering with a doctor.
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Mar 17th 2013 | 7:27 pm
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Mar 19th 2013 | 1:58 am
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Re: UK NHS payments to Spain
Due to the differing information posted on forums and elsewhwere I contacted the Department of Health for a definitive answer in December last year.
This was their reply:-
Thank you for your email of 3 December about healthcare in Spain . I have been asked to reply.
The UK pays Spain a lump sum of £274.11 per state pensioner, per month, regardless of the level of healthcare accessed by that person.
The Department understands that some local doctors may be under the impression that, as they do not receive this funding directly, the UK is not paying its bills. This is incorrect as the UK pays the Spanish health department in Madrid on an ongoing basis. The question of how such payments are further distributed is, of course, a matter for the Spanish authorities.
Yours sincerely,
Ministerial Correspondence and Public Enquiries
Department of Health
This was their reply:-
Thank you for your email of 3 December about healthcare in Spain . I have been asked to reply.
The UK pays Spain a lump sum of £274.11 per state pensioner, per month, regardless of the level of healthcare accessed by that person.
The Department understands that some local doctors may be under the impression that, as they do not receive this funding directly, the UK is not paying its bills. This is incorrect as the UK pays the Spanish health department in Madrid on an ongoing basis. The question of how such payments are further distributed is, of course, a matter for the Spanish authorities.
Yours sincerely,
Ministerial Correspondence and Public Enquiries
Department of Health
trust me to get a xenophobic doctor
