Image via Wikipedia LATEST INFORMATION as at 1st December, 2009 As mentioned on NHS Choices, you should first discuss your plans with your doctor before you make any travel or medical arrangements. They will refer you to your local health commissioner who... (Continue reading)
European Court of Justice For those wanting more ‘official’ Questions and Answers on the draft Directive on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare, this is the Brussels’ interpretation of FAQs. Bless their hearts – they just don’t get it... (Continue reading)
Flickr LATEST INFORMATION ON OBTAINING TREATMENT IN EU for UK patients The House of Lords has issued a very positive report on UK patients obtaining treatment in EU. They made one important point: patients should have their fees paid directly to... (Continue reading)
Treatment areas Wikipedia FAQs RE OVERSEAS TREATMENT ON NHS Recently, the EU in Brussels has decreed that UK patients have the right, in certain circumstances, to tap into and be treated in other EU countries – with most costs paid... (Continue reading)
Will standards be as high in Europe as in Britain? Anyone wanting to know what treatment is like in an European hospital will soon realise that our NHS is mainly creaking along. On the whole Europeans expect, and get, far higher... (Continue reading)