Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements
(asked on 23rd February 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many non-UK citizens have used the European Health Insurance Card to access NHS services in England in each of the last five years; and what nationality each of those people held.
The number of non-United Kingdom citizens that have used the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) to access National Health Service services in England in each of the last five years and the nationality of those people held, is shown in the following table.
Amount of EHIC Reported used in England | ||||||
Country of Residence | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | Total Per Country |
Italy | 524 | 621 | 1,061 | 2,136 | 4,128 | 8,470 |
Spain | 351 | 517 | 795 | 1,349 | 2,048 | 5,060 |
Germany | 444 | 528 | 794 | 1,342 | 1,745 | 4,853 |
France | 377 | 397 | 627 | 1,165 | 1,750 | 4,316 |
Poland | 407 | 471 | 625 | 1,165 | 1,543 | 4,211 |
Portugal | 119 | 209 | 242 | 508 | 875 | 1,953 |
The Netherlands | 189 | 221 | 288 | 573 | 648 | 1,919 |
Sweden | 137 | 161 | 269 | 380 | 566 | 1,513 |
Romania | 126 | 153 | 234 | 266 | 394 | 1,173 |
Hungary | 89 | 124 | 208 | 358 | 391 | 1,170 |
Switzerland | 89 | 133 | 158 | 252 | 423 | 1,055 |
Norway | 117 | 160 | 168 | 309 | 292 | 1,046 |
Ireland | 133 | 126 | 148 | 260 | 371 | 1,038 |
Bulgaria | 83 | 78 | 159 | 307 | 406 | 1,033 |
Total Of other European Economic Area Countries | 669 | 808 | 1,054 | 1,999 | 2,587 | 7,117 |
Total Per Year | 3,854 | 4,707 | 6,830 | 12,369 | 18,167 | 45,927 |
Note: Data is shown as calendar years.
For reasons of patient confidentiality, we have amalgamated Country totals where fewer than 1,000 patients from that country used the EHIC card to access NHS services over the five year period.