You can use a new UK EHIC (identifiable by a Union flag hologram in the top-right corner) while visiting:Īustria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden. You may be asked for proof of your nationality or your status when using your UK GHIC in Switzerland. You can only use a UK GHIC in Switzerland if you're a UK national, a Swiss national, a citizen of an EU Member State, a refugee, a stateless person, or a family member, dependant or survivor of someone who holds one of these nationalities or statuses. Switzerland (only UK nationals, Swiss nationals and EU citizens)Ī UK GHIC may become valid in more countries in the future.
You can use a UK GHIC or existing EHIC while visiting: Not all state healthcare is free within the EU and Switzerland and so you may have to pay for services that you would get for free on the NHS. You'll need to pre-arrange some treatments with the relevant healthcare provider in the country you're visiting – for example, kidney dialysis or chemotherapy.Ĭheck the Foreign Office country guides on GOV.UK for information on how to access treatment in the country you’re visiting routine maternity care, as long as you're not going abroad to give birth.routine medical care for pre-existing conditions that need monitoring.treatment for a long-term or pre-existing medical condition.Medically necessary healthcare includes things like: Whether treatment is necessary is decided by the healthcare provider in the country you're visiting. Medically necessary healthcare means healthcare that cannot reasonably wait until you come back to the UK. You can use your card to access medically necessary state-provided healthcare when you're visiting an EU country or Switzerland.
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