Neil Moors wrote:Under the relatively new EU Patient Mobility Directive, citizens from one EU Member State are able to travel to another EU Member State, avail themselves of medical treatment (both state AND private provision) and their home member state must reimburse them - up to the cost of similar treatment in their home state.
So, if you are unhappy with the wait time you are given within the NHS, you are within your rights to travel to France, have the treatment privately, and seek reimbursement from your NHS Commissioner - to the value of the same treatment here.
All been kept rather low key so I cannot believe many people are aware of it. In most treatments there is an initial assessment by a consultant, the procedure itself and then later the aftercare, so it will be at least three lots of return fares. With regard to some private treatments many are cheaper almost everywhere than here, dental implants can cost a fraction of what our Dentists charge.