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daily mail 20/01/2011 passport to surgery anywhere in the eu
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DaisyMaesy
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erm, Alan Milburn was a Labour Minister, this is an old report I suspect
angie790
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Interesting article, but I guarantee this is on a ticket to nowhere with regards to WLS. Typically the NHS would only agree to pay for treatment abroad in very exceptional circumstances, e.g. special cases where surgeon experience or treatment techniques aren't readily available here in Britain. WLS would unlikely come into this category, and I don't think you could get away with claiming WLS as an emergency case if you turned up at an EU hospital! Would like to be a fly on the wall if someone tried it though, lol!
bonny
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passport to surgery anywhere in the eu
in the paper it says that all nhs patients will have the right to seek teatment abroad and send the bill home under an eu law to which britain signed up to yesterday.
they will be alloed to demand to escape queues
the new law was hailed by campaigners as a milestone for cross border healthcare
patients will effectively be able to shop around across all 27 eu member states, provided the tratment would have been funded at home
nhs doctors will have to give authorisation
eu health and consumer policy commissioner john dali said the rules could help patiens needing specialised treatment, and would mean better health co-operation
the change was prompted by a series of court rulings including the case of yvoone from bedford who needed to travel to france for hip op after being told she would have to wait a year this has then dropped to 3 months
in the paper it says that all nhs patients will have the right to seek teatment abroad and send the bill home under an eu law to which britain signed up to yesterday.
they will be alloed to demand to escape queues
the new law was hailed by campaigners as a milestone for cross border healthcare
patients will effectively be able to shop around across all 27 eu member states, provided the tratment would have been funded at home
nhs doctors will have to give authorisation
eu health and consumer policy commissioner john dali said the rules could help patiens needing specialised treatment, and would mean better health co-operation
the change was prompted by a series of court rulings including the case of yvoone from bedford who needed to travel to france for hip op after being told she would have to wait a year this has then dropped to 3 months
DaisyMaesy
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The original report is now dated today. It is an old report It quotes a Labour Secretary of State. The next reports are up to date though. but it ain't happening overnight!
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