Scared I've made a mistake

rach_k

If you're looking for help with your CV, try the libraries near you. The ones near me all have job clubs/CV workshops

teamshepherd

rach_k wrote: »

If you're looking for help with your CV, try the libraries near you. The ones near me all have job clubs/CV workshops

Thank you really appreciate it! Its hard to know the ins and outs of a new/foreign place and that's why I come on here looking like a fool.

wiltsguy_2

teamshepherd wrote: »

Thank you really appreciate it! Its hard to know the ins and outs of a new/foreign place and that's why I come on here looking like a fool.

you have not come on here looking like a fool at all. As you have said, it's a foreign place that is unfamiliar, so you have asked for advice. You have been far from foolish. As the old saying goes 'no such thing as a stupid question'!

[Deleted User]

Ahh but an EHIC is only a suitable alternative if it is valid. Not sure about your home country but most only issue and pay up whilst the holder is a visitor to the EU country. Apart from specific circumstances, such as UK pensioners, the card is no longer valid once you are resident in another country, ie once you've been there 3 months.

teamshepherd

_shel wrote: »

Ahh but an EHIC is only a suitable alternative if it is valid. Not sure about your home country but most only issue and pay up whilst the holder is a visitor to the EU country. Apart from specific circumstances, such as UK pensioners, the card is no longer valid once you are resident in another country, ie once you've been there 3 months.

You might be right about EHIC. For Croatia I found that it said I am eligible for it as long as I have the Croatian health care.

And here is what NHS says about eligibility:
http://www.nhs.uk/chq/pages/1087.aspx?categoryid=68&subcategoryid=162


Why are we finding such conflicting information? :mad:
The above clearly makes me think that I am entitled, and esp since they are letting me use the services, and considering that a government worker told me to register for it knowing my background.

This is just too much some days.

teamshepherd

wiltsguy wrote: »

you have not come on here looking like a fool at all. As you have said, it's a foreign place that is unfamiliar, so you have asked for advice. You have been far from foolish. As the old saying goes 'no such thing as a stupid question'!

Thank you I do appreciate it! :beer:

backdoorwarrior

MissMoneypenny wrote: »

Only EEA citizens in work earning at least 24 x the national minimum wage, can use the NHS for free. Being in receipt of JSA seems to give free NHS too (?) but that time on JSA is limited now. You can use your own countries EHIC to pay the NHS but check on your countries site to see what they will pay for. Or buy insurance. The NHS have never checked eligibilty before, but under new laws, the NHS were issued with new instuctions to start checking from April 2015 and they will be fined if they don't do this.

If you look on NHS England's website it gives a rough idea of what an EHIC will pay for and what the NHS will give for free.
The free stuff reads something like:
Hospitals. Only treatment on an A&E ward (but not on any other wards or any aftercare);
GP surgery. A consultation with a GP or nurse (but not any treatment for free nor medication at NHS rates);
Birth control (but not abortions)
TB treatment;
Mental health treatment ordered by a court.

EDIT. Found the NHS England link
http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/AboutNHSservices/uk-visitors/Pages/visitors-from-the-eu-eea.aspx

Oh good, we've made such a noise about people using the NHS for free (despite published evidence showing this is not the case), that we've allowed the Government to put in place a way of charging people who use the NHS.

Won't be too difficult to implement things like paying for GP appointments etc, for the rest of us then.

[Deleted User]

teamshepherd wrote: »

You might be right about EHIC. For Croatia I found that it said I am eligible for it as long as I have the Croatian health care.

And here is what NHS says about eligibility:
http://www.nhs.uk/chq/pages/1087.aspx?categoryid=68&subcategoryid=162


Why are we finding such conflicting information? :mad:
The above clearly makes me think that I am entitled, and esp since they are letting me use the services, and considering that a government worker told me to register for it knowing my background.

This is just too much some days.

Yes but what does the Croatian government say about the validity of the card they have issued you?

teamshepherd

As I established in my last post, EHIC is not relevant to me nor does it matter. MissMoneypenny was giving me information for a visitor an I am not here visiting I am living here.
So her information and link are not valid in my situation. The link I posted is relevant to me and it says:
"The NHS is a residence-based healthcare system, so if you move to England permanently or return to live in England permanently, you're entitled to free NHS hospital treatment."

NYM

teamshepherd wrote: »

As I established in my last post, EHIC is not relevant to me nor does it matter. MissMoneypenny was giving me information for a visitor an I am not here visiting I am living here.
So her information and link are not valid in my situation. The link I posted is relevant to me and it says:
"The NHS is a residence-based healthcare system, so if you move to England permanently or return to live in England permanently, you're entitled to free NHS hospital treatment."

It is very confusing

In the link you posted it states.... Under current rules, anyone can register with a GP practice in England and receive free primary care. A GP practice can only refuse an application to join its list of NHS patients where it has reasonable grounds for doing so: for example, if their lists are closed to new patients, the applicant lives in a different practice's boundary area, or in other rare circumstances.
Once registered as a NHS patient, primary care services provided by a GP practice are free, but secondary care services (such as a referral to a specialist) are not free, simply because you're registered with a GP.