Captain Haddock
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howard mcsweeney1 wrote:Never really taken off, I wonder whether GPs are offering the alternative to patients or it is simply that people aren't aware of the service.
One word. 'suppositories'. Nuff said?
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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This article suggests that the arrangement could end if and when we leave the EU which is nonsense as it is purely a business arrangement.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5322111/UK-patients-skipping-NHS-queues-free-surgery-France.htmlGuest 1831- Registered: 1 Sep 2016
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Is it just me or has the forum turned into an echo chamber?
Reginald Barrington
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Is it just me or has the forum turned into an echo chamber?
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John Buckley
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I prefer Christine’s version actually
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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Not just Echo using the forum?
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Reginald Barrington- Location: Dover
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Captain Haddock wrote:Not just Echo using the forum?
Tete a tete?
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Neil Moors- Registered: 3 Feb 2016
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These will be being done under the EU Patient Mobility Directive - so could end if the UK leaves the EU. The agreement between the commissioner and provider (referred to in this article) will be the Janet and John agreement that sits on top of those Regulations.
So, under the EU Patient Mobility Directive, any citizen of one EU Member State can seek treatment in another EU Member, and the home Member State's commissioner must pay for it. So, any one of you could seek treatment in France (or Spain etc) and the NHS must pay for it. You don't even need prior approval. There are exemptions - transplantation (or rather, access to organs) and treatment not offered/recognised by your home member state - so you could not go to France for spa treatment.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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The EU patient mobility directive is a completely different with prospective patients picking and choosing where they seek treatment as opposed to a CCG having an agreement with one particular hospital.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Guest 1535- Registered: 27 May 2015
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Well I am having surgery soon if you dont hear from me then things did not go well. UK NHS I have to take my chances and hope for the best.
If only everyone could be kind and honest what a better world we would be in.
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