Why can't you use an NHS test for travel?

theDon876

You can't use an NHS test to prove you have no virus when entering back into Britain, why is this?

epm-84

Things required solely for international travel are never free from the NHS. If you need a Yellow Fever vaccine solely because you are travelling to a country where there might be Yellow Fever then you need to pay.

theDon876

epm-84 said:

Things required solely for international travel are never free from the NHS. If you need a Yellow Fever vaccine solely because you are travelling to a country where there might be Yellow Fever then you need to pay.

Exactly, I have my answer which is profit for the medical industry. A medical tryanny. Does this not raise any eyebrows or call for an investigation?

ThisnotThat

theDon876 said:

epm-84 said:

Things required solely for international travel are never free from the NHS. If you need a Yellow Fever vaccine solely because you are travelling to a country where there might be Yellow Fever then you need to pay.

Exactly, I have my answer which is profit for the medical industry. A medical tryanny. Does this not raise any eyebrows or call for an investigation?

I'd say perhaps that it's rather more that the taxpayers probably wouldn't be too happy subsidising your holidays, but I could be wrong.

lisyloo

epm-84 said:

Things required solely for international travel are never free from the NHS. If you need a Yellow Fever vaccine solely because you are travelling to a country where there might be Yellow Fever then you need to pay.

I've always had my travel vaccines for free (polio, Hep A, typhoid, tetanus).
Is yellow fever an exception?

nilanteh

Because people not going on holidays during a pandemic don’t want to pay for you to be able to go on holiday. Taxpayers money obviously shouldn’t be used for this purpose 

epm-84

lisyloo said:

epm-84 said:

Things required solely for international travel are never free from the NHS. If you need a Yellow Fever vaccine solely because you are travelling to a country where there might be Yellow Fever then you need to pay.

I've always had my travel vaccines for free (polio, Hep A, typhoid, tetanus).
Is yellow fever an exception?

No the vaccines you mention are exemptions because they are routinely given to children and you can request a booster as an adult if you're likely to be at higher risk of catching one of them (including by visiting a foreign country.)

According to nhs.uk, as an adult you need to pay vaccines for:

• hepatitis B
• Japanese encephalitis
• meningitis vaccines (unless you're under 25 and at university)
• rabies
• tick-borne encephalitis
• tuberculosis (TB)
• yellow fever

Browntoa

Because the NHS one doesn't give you the certificate you require to travel , purely a yes/no answer

davidexmachina

I'm of the view that if there is capacity at test centres, then it would make sense to allow it to be used - at a charge - for this purpose. And from what I see locally, there is plenty of capacity. 

Shouldn't be hard to manage - if you want your passport number on the result, that's something you have to pay for...

bagand96

theDon876 said:

epm-84 said:

Things required solely for international travel are never free from the NHS. If you need a Yellow Fever vaccine solely because you are travelling to a country where there might be Yellow Fever then you need to pay.

Exactly, I have my answer which is profit for the medical industry. A medical tryanny. Does this not raise any eyebrows or call for an investigation?

So if you need a test because you want to go on holiday, or you need a vaccine because you want to go on holiday, you expect the taxpayer to cover you for it?  Would you like me to pick up your airport parking too?  Maybe chip in for a round at Wetherspoons in the departure lounge?

The NHS has finite funds.  We will all have our opinions on the reasoning behind that, but I personally would agree that the funds are better spent elsewhere than paying for people's travel requirements.

bagand96

davidexmachina said:

I'm of the view that if there is capacity at test centres, then it would make sense to allow it to be used - at a charge - for this purpose. And from what I see locally, there is plenty of capacity. 

Shouldn't be hard to manage - if you want your passport number on the result, that's something you have to pay for...

That's actually a very good idea, too good for the politicians to be able to implement though!