If you're abroad and do not have your card with you Use your EHIC or GHIC card, or contact the NHS Business Services Authority to receive a Provisional Replacement Certificate if you do not have a valid card.ĮHIC has only ever covered emergency and necessary healthcare costs, so it is always recommended that you take out comprehensive travel insurance, including health cover, when you travel abroad. If you need medical treatment while staying at a quarantine hotel, the UK Government will fund treatment as usual for UK residents or insured individuals. The costs of quarantine hotels are not covered by an EHIC or GHIC, as the UK considers these hotels to be a public health measure, not medically necessary state-provided healthcare.
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Not all state healthcare is free within the EU and Switzerland and so you may have to pay for services that you would get for free on the NHS.
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You'll need to pre-arrange some treatments with the relevant healthcare provider in the country you're visiting – for example, kidney dialysis or chemotherapy.Ĭheck the Foreign Office country guides on GOV.UK for information on how to access treatment in the country you’re visiting routine maternity care, as long as you're not going abroad to give birth.routine medical care for pre-existing conditions that need monitoring.treatment for a long-term or pre-existing medical condition.Medically necessary healthcare includes things like: Whether treatment is necessary is decided by the healthcare provider in the country you're visiting. Medically necessary healthcare means healthcare that cannot reasonably wait until you come back to the UK. You can use your card to access medically necessary state-provided healthcare when you're visiting an EU country or Switzerland.