Eligibility Criteria for NHS Treatment Flashcards
When are people eligible for primary care treatment?
If they are ordinarily resident in the UK.
NOTE: it is not related to National insurance contributions or nationality.
How long do you have to be in the UK before receiving treatment in primary care?
You have to be in the UK for 6 months. (You can be receiving it even if you are only EXPECTING to be in the UK for 6 months but have just arrived)
Can refugees receive primary care NHS treatment?
Yes, because they are regarded as ordinarily resident.
If you emigrate but come back to the UK occasionally, can you receive free primary care on the NHS?
No because you are not resident.
What hospital treatment are free of charge regardless of how long you have been in the UK or intend to stay in the UK?
- Contraception
- A&E department treatment. (Doesn’t include treatment as an inpatient)
- Compulsory psychiatric treatment.
- Treatment for certain communicable diseases, e.g. TB, malaria, meningitis including HIV.
What visitors are eligible for NHS hospital treatment free of charge?
- EEA citizens or Switzerland.
- Normally lives abroad but receives a UK state pension and has lived in the UK for at least 10 years at some point.
- Person has lived in the UK for atleast 10 years but now lives in an EEA state or a non-EEA state with which the UK has a reciprocal agreement.
- A person is a national or resident of certain non-EEA countries with which the UK has reciprocal agreements.
NOTE: EEA basically means EU + Liechtenstein, Iceland or Norway.
Which one of the following is provided to anyone, free of charge, regardless of their eligibility for NHS treatment?
- Outpatient treatment of tuberculosis
- Inpatient care for pre-eclampsia
- Palliative care for patient with bowel cancer
- Surgery for ectopic pregnancy
- Inpatient care for an exacerbation of asthma
Outpatient treatment of tuberculosis
