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Xaccers · 14-01-2008, 01:09

GP time is not health care. That's all you get free from the GP, their diagnosis skills.
If they refer you to a hospital for actual treatment such as an operation, expect to get a hefty bill, or refusal if you are unable to pay, even if you require the operation to live.

My dad's in hospital with a broken shoulder after a motorbike accident, if he wasn't British, the patch up in A&E would be covered, but the physio, or the injections and pills to treat the blood clots on his lungs, and the stay in hospital would not be.

14-01-2008, 01:09	#26
Xaccers Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Milling around Milton Keynes Age: 48 Posts: 12,969	Re: Going Over There, Using Their Health Service GP time is not health care. That's all you get free from the GP, their diagnosis skills. If they refer you to a hospital for actual treatment such as an operation, expect to get a hefty bill, or refusal if you are unable to pay, even if you require the operation to live. My dad's in hospital with a broken shoulder after a motorbike accident, if he wasn't British, the patch up in A&E would be covered, but the physio, or the injections and pills to treat the blood clots on his lungs, and the stay in hospital would not be.