Cross Border Healthcare: Useful resources

Each of the 27 EU member states is obliged by the Cross Border Healthcare Directive, to provide National Contact Points. These will become the main resource for information regarding the cross border healthcare available in each country. These are not compulsory until October 2013 and will probably take some time to establish.

In the meantime, the following resources may prove useful in understanding your rights as a UK citizen:

• For general information about going abroad for treatment, you can download a free guide at  www.treatmentabroad.com/guide/

• The NHS Direct website has detailed information on healthcare abroad. Visit www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/healthcareabroad

• Specific information about planned healthcare abroad can be found at http://tinyurl.com/3mn783k.

• To read an interview with one of the Department of Health team regarding the Cross Border Healthcare Directive, see http://tinyurl.com/43wte9r

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