Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements

(asked on 23rd November 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2017 to Question 7355, what discussions have taken place between the UK and the EU on the continuation of the EHIC system or its replacement with an equivalent system.


Answered by
Philip Dunne Portrait
Philip Dunne
This question was answered on 1st December 2017

The United Kingdom Government appreciates the importance of retaining existing reciprocal healthcare arrangements with the European Union. During the September round of UK-EU negotiations, the UK made clear that it wishes to continue with reciprocal healthcare with the EU after the UK’s Exit. This includes healthcare rights for pensioners, the European Health Insurance Card and planned treatment.

During negotiations with the EU on the Withdrawal Agreement, the UK has therefore been seeking to protect the healthcare arrangements currently set out in EU Regulations 883/2004 and 987/2009.

Reticulating Splines