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Entitlement to healthcare in the EEC and later EU is based on residence rather than citizenship. As proof of citizenship does not prove entitlement to healthcare, the European Commission made the decision in 2003 to create the EHIC, available to residents entitled to healthcare. As an EU member state, the UK issued this card to all entitled ...
Decision 2003/751; European Union decision: Text with EEA relevance: Title: Decision No 189 of 18 June 2003 aimed at introducing a European health insurance card to replace the forms necessary for the application of Council Regulations (EEC) No 1408/71 and (EEC) No 574/72 as regards access to health care during a temporary stay in a Member State other than the competent state or the state of ...
It is alleged that health tourists in the UK often target the NHS for its free-at-the-point-of-care treatment, allegedly costing the NHS up to £200 million. [1] A study in 2013 showed that the UK was a net importer of medical tourists in ten of the eleven years between 2000 and 2010.
The only legally recognised documents proving an individual's right of abode in the UK are the following: [10] a British passport describing the holder as a British citizen or as a British subject with the right of abode; a certificate of entitlement to the right of abode in the UK, which has been issued by the UK government or on its behalf
It acts as a form of social security, since payment of NI contributions establishes entitlement to certain state benefits for workers and their families. Introduced by the National Insurance Act 1911 and expanded by the Attlee ministry in 1948, the system has been subjected to numerous amendments in succeeding years. Initially, it was a ...
The Scottish National Entitlement Card (NEC) is a Scotland-wide smart card scheme run by Scottish Local Authorities on behalf of the Scottish Government.It is predominantly operated as a concessionary travel pass, but can also act as Proof of Age for young people (Young Scot NEC) and give access to civic services such as libraries and leisure centres depending on the local authority.
English: NEWS2 chart, a widely used Early Warning Score chart published by the Royal College of Physicians.Reproduced from: Royal College of Physicians. National Early Warning Score (NEWS) 2: Standardising the assessment of acute-illness severity in the NHS.
Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust; Drug Tariff; Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003; Healthcare UK; Healthcare in Cambridgeshire; Jim Mackey (administrator) Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust; Livewell Southwest