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	registered interest
	date	18/12/2018
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Israel: Palestinians
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will seek discussions with his Israeli counterpart on the Israeli Government's decision to restrict the ability of the Palestinian Ministry of Health to import vaccines.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Ged Killen
	uin	203455
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/12/2018 answer text <p>We regularly raise the urgent need to ease all access and movement restrictions with Israeli authorities. The availability of some medical supplies and services in the Occupied Palestinian Territories can be restricted by Israeli security procedures. The UK Government supports a project that provides medical equipment and training to medical professionals in Gaza.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 28/12/2018 13:53:48 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

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	registered interest
	date	18/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Medical Treatments Abroad: Europe
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to raise awareness among people travelling within European Economic Area countries in order to ensure all such travellers hold an EHIC card.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
	uin	3068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department has taken a series of ongoing steps to raise awareness among travellers in the European Economic Area (EEA) about the importance of carrying with them both a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) and a valid travel insurance policy to cover private medical care or other additional costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department works closely with the Foreign Office to ensure key messages get onto social media platforms targeting customers in the United Kingdom looking to travel.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In conjunction with the Foreign Office, campaigns have also been carried out within Europe to target holiday makers already abroad, especially Spain where approximately 12 million British nationals visit each year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Videos to raise awareness on the EHIC have been created by the Department and the European Commission and distributed on websites such as the Post Office, gov.uk and YouTube.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, we have and will again encourage students coming from EEA countries for the new academic year to bring their EHIC with them, and use it when accessing NHS health care.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There is also extensive information on the NHS Choices website about the EHIC scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/06/2015 13:16:28 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier