ANNEX C: A QUICK GUIDE TO THOSE WHO WILL RECEIVE NHS SERVICES ON THE SAME BASIS AS A PERSON ORDINARILY RESIDENT IN THE UK
People Who Receive NHS Treatment on the Same Basis as a Person Ordinarily Resident in the UK
- Any full time student at a UK educational establishment.
- Anyone who is working in the UK for an employer who is based in the UK or is registered in the UK as a branch of an overseas employer (this includes self employed people). The person must be actually working, not just looking for work.
- Any unpaid worker with a voluntary organization offering services similar to those of a Health Authority or Local Authority social services department.
- Anyone employed on a ship or vessel registered in the UK or working offshore on the UK sector of the Continental Shelf.
- UK Civil Servants working abroad who were recruited in the UK and employed by Her Majesty's Government.
- Anyone with the right of abode who is taking up permanent residence.
- Anyone who has been lawfully living in the UK for at least twelve months prior to treatment.
- Anyone recruited in the UK who works abroad for the British Council or the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
- Anyone who is working abroad in a job financed in part by the UK Government in agreement with the Government or a public body of some other country or territory.
- Anyone working abroad for less than 5 years as long as they have lived legally in the UK for ten continuous years at some point (including self employed people).
- Anyone working in an EEA country member state and contributing compulsory (not voluntary) UK national insurance contributions (class I or II).
- UK state pensioners who have lived lawfully in the UK for 10 continuous years at some point, who now live for not more than 6 months each year in another EEA member state and not less than 6 months (9 months if they reside in a non-EEA country) each year in the UK.
- Members of Her Majesty's UK armed forces.
- Serving NATO personnel, posted in the UK, who are not using their own or UK armed forces hospitals.
- Refugees and asylum seekers (including those whose applications have failed).
- Anyone who receives a UK war disablement pension or war widows pension.
- Anyone who is a national of an EEA member state, a refugee or stateless person or their dependant or survivor living in an EEA member state who is referred to the UK for specified treatment with an EC form E112 or E123.
- Those who have been formally identified or suspected as being a victim of human trafficking.
- Anyone who is referred by their home country authorities for specified treatment in the UK under the terms of a bilateral agreement.
- Anyone who is detained in a remand centre or young offenders institution or by the Immigration Authorities in the UK;
NB The spouse / civil partner and any dependent children of anyone who is exempt under the above criteria are also exempt.
People who may not be charged for conditions that occur during a visit to the UK
- Anyone who is a resident of an EEA country and is visiting the UK.
- Anyone receiving a UK state pension who has either lived legally in the UK for 10 continuous years at some point or has worked as a UK Civil Servant for at least 10 continuous years.
- Anyone who is a national of a country that has signed the European Social Charter but is not entitled to be provided with services under a bilateral agreement (currently only Turkey) and is genuinely without the means to pay for their treatment.
- Anyone who has lived legally in the UK for 10 continuous years at some point but who is now living in another EEA member state or in certain countries with which the UK has a bilateral healthcare agreement.
- Anyone living in a country with which the UK has a bilateral healthcare agreement (some bilateral healthcare agreements are limited to nationals of that country).
NB The spouse / civil partner and any dependent children of anyone who is eligible for some treatment under the above criteria are also eligible.