Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements

(asked on 9th March 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that British citizens who have made plans to retire in the EU after the UK has left the EU will have access to healthcare.


Answered by
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David Mowat
This question was answered on 16th March 2017

While the people of the United Kingdom have voted to leave the European Union, until exit negotiations are concluded the UK remains a full member of the European Union and all the rights and obligations of EU membership remain in force, including the rights associated with medical treatment abroad.

Nothing has yet been decided on the future of British citizens’ medical treatment abroad. Government officials are considering the positions and options available to us with the aim of achieving the best outcome for British citizens in the UK and abroad.

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