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Cannot seem to master this editing of quotes, what did I do wrong?'
If using the quite button, it should have come up like this.....
Traveller_HA5_3DOM wrote:
By the way, the treatment we received in France was not, according to our local Hospital, the best way to deal with my wife's finger and there is still the possibility that it may have to be amputated.
I think that maybe you have accidentally missed placing the text between the two quote codes.
Off topic, I know. Sorry.
Regards,
Jock.
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I've just rung the Works and Pension Overseas Healthcare team and they advise me to pay the Hospital bill, get a receipt and then contact WPOH again to claim for the monies paid.
______________________________________________________________ If you eliminate smoking, drinking and gambling, you will be amazed to find that almost all an Englishman´s pleasures can be, and mostly are, shared by his dog.
I'd just like to say in response to an earlier post asking if travel insurance is necessary when you have an EH1C - answer is yes, because if you are very ill, the insurance will repatriate you - very important if you can't drive the motorhome - they should bring this back for you as well.
When I was in Switzerland 11 years ago with my much-older ex who had chest pains and spent over 2 weeks in Interlaken Spital, we had a doctor travel back by air with us (he wasn't bad enough for an air ambulance but imagine if...) and because I cannot drive long distances myself, they drove the car home for us. Presume they would do the same with a motorhome - who would want to leave an expensive vehicle like that behind - enough to make you ill with worry!!
Just an update of the monies we owed to the French Hospital and my claim for repayment with the NHS.
The bill from the French Hospital was €148 which we sent by IBAN.
The Bank we use, Santander, charged us £25 for the privilege of using their IBAN service.
Since then I've found that other Banks charge considerably less and if you have to ever send money to Europe using IBAN then shop around for the best transfer rate – but don't use Santander!
A receipt was received from the Hospital confirming payment and on November 15th last year we sent away the Department for Work and Pensions claim forms and copies of the Hospital receipts to Overseas Healthcare Team, Tyneview Park, Newcastle upon Tyne , NE98 1BA.
DWP provided me with a reference number and in February this year I rang them (0191 21 81999) to enquire on the progress of our claim.
They were apparently ploughing through a backlog of claims and suggested I call back later in the year.
Patiently I waited expecting a letter of conformation of payment to drop through the letterbox – none did.
On Friday, almost six months after applying, I rang again.
Hooray!
“Payment was authorised on April 26th 2012” said a pleasant gentleman up in Newcastle.
And yes - £129 had been paid into our account as a refund of the money we paid to the French Hospital.
The repayment process is relatively easy but, from our experience, very slow.
Thanks for all your replies and helpful advice.
______________________________________________________________ If you eliminate smoking, drinking and gambling, you will be amazed to find that almost all an Englishman´s pleasures can be, and mostly are, shared by his dog.
Last summer I required treatment in Saumur (France) hospital for a twisted knee which involved doctors exam pre- and post- X-ray and medication, painkillers.
I was also given a prescription for some medicinal alcohol to dress the knee and of course the bandages to do said dressing.
My EC111 card and passport were taken upon admission and returned upon discharge and the prescription was filled at a local chemist and re-imbursed in France at the local Health office.
I then received,at my home address, what I assumed was a bill, all in French. I then received a further bill, this time in the dreaded red typing, and wrote a letter by return giving them the details of what had happened in France and the fact that my EC111 card and passport had been retained by the hospital whilst I was being treated and asked them to write to me, in English, and tell me exactly what I was being asked to pay for.
I did not have a reply and have heard nothing since.
Last summer I required treatment in Saumur (France) hospital for a twisted knee which involved doctors exam pre- and post- X-ray and medication, painkillers.
I was also given a prescription for some medicinal alcohol to dress the knee and of course the bandages to do said dressing.
My EC111 card and passport were taken upon admission and returned upon discharge and the prescription was filled at a local chemist and re-imbursed in France at the local Health office.
I then received,at my home address, what I assumed was a bill, all in French. I then received a further bill, this time in the dreaded red typing, and wrote a letter by return giving them the details of what had happened in France and the fact that my EC111 card and passport had been retained by the hospital whilst I was being treated and asked them to write to me, in English, and tell me exactly what I was being asked to pay for.
I did not have a reply and have heard nothing since.
did they insist you spoke french when explaining what you were suffering from? and before they would treat you?
EHIC cards entitle UK citizens to the same treatment that citizens of the country you are being treated get.
So if in France, for example, you need a prescription, you will pay, with your EHIC entitlement the same as a French citizen would for the prescription.
In many European countries some parts of treatment are not free, so you have to pay, the same as a local would.
European citizens visiting the UK pay the same as UK citizens for treatment on the NHS, e.g. hospital treatment nothing, prescriptions in England £7.65. The UK governments (England, Scotland, Wales, NI) then reclaim costs from the European governments under reciprocal arrangements.
How long for the money to end up in the right place is another matter.
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