Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements

(asked on 21st February 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many European Health Insurance Cards have been issued to people over the age of 70.


Answered by
Stephen Hammond Portrait
Stephen Hammond
This question was answered on 26th February 2019

There were 118,684 accepted claims when a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) was used, in the last 12 months.

There are 3,108,739 United Kingdom-issued EHICs in circulation for people aged over 70. This is based on cards which have not expired and the applicant’s age on the date the card was issued, and not their current age. EHICs are valid for five years after their issue date.

Information is not available on the number of times EHICs were used by UK citizens abroad to support the treatment of pre-existing conditions in the last year.

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