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1600469

registered interest
date	01/03/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on the potential merits of expanding reciprocal healthcare arrangements with the EU to include elective treatment.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	156227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>As a result of the EU-UK Trade Cooperation Agreement, the United Kingdom benefits from a comprehensive reciprocal healthcare agreement with the European Union.</p><p>The arrangements includes the “S2” planned treatment funding route which entitles UK residents to National Health Service funding for planned state healthcare treatment in an EU country if certain criteria, set out in the Agreement, are met. This covers elective treatment.</p><p>Treatment must normally be provided on the NHS, be available on the treating country’s state healthcare scheme, and the same treatment cannot be provided to the patient on the NHS within a time period that is medically justifiable.</p><p>There are currently no plans to further expand reciprocal healthcare arrangements with the EU.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 06/03/2023 17:59:57 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1458764

registered interest
date	20/04/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what purpose his Department has commissioned legal advice from Pinsent Masons LLP on matters relating to (a) DHSC funding of overseas healthcare and (b) the charging of healthcare provided in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	156408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>The Department commissioned advice and training from Pinsent Masons LLP on the powers available to the Department, health boards and clinical commissioning groups to fund healthcare abroad and how these interrelate.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 25/04/2022 12:21:37 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1260610

registered interest
date	11/12/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on negotiations for an equivalent scheme to replace EHIC cards when they expire on 31 December 2020.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Claire Hanna
uin	128745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2020 answer text <p>From January 2021, people protected under the Withdrawal Agreement will continue to be entitled to a United Kingdom-issued European Health Insurance Card (EHIC). For those not covered by the Withdrawal Agreement, their EHIC may not be valid from January 2021.</p><p>For people not covered by the Withdrawal Agreement, the future of reciprocal healthcare arrangements between the UK and European Union are subject to negotiations, which are ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/12/2020 20:23:19 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4827 label Biography information for Claire Hanna

1260611

registered interest
date	11/12/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether negotiations have taken place on allowing residents in Northern Ireland to retain access to the European Health Insurance Card after the transition period.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Claire Hanna
uin	128746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2020 answer text <p>From January 2021, people protected under the Withdrawal Agreement will continue to be entitled to a United Kingdom-issued European Health Insurance Card (EHIC). For those not covered by the Withdrawal Agreement, their EHIC may not be valid from January 2021.</p><p> </p><p>For people not covered by the Withdrawal Agreement, the future of reciprocal healthcare arrangements between the UK and European Union are subject to negotiations, which are ongoing. The UK is open to arrangements that provide healthcare cover for tourists, short-term business visitors and service providers.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/12/2020 10:29:11 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4827 label Biography information for Claire Hanna

1258777

registered interest
date	07/12/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the ability of health insurance providers to reimburse the cost of dialysis for people with kidney disease who need to travel to the European Union after 31 December 2020 in the event that reciprocal healthcare arrangements are not agreed with (a) the EU and (b) individual member states.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	126033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2020 answer text <p>The Department is aware of the concerns of people with kidney disease and is carefully looking into the impact of any loss of necessary healthcare provisions. The Government will assess its options for reciprocal healthcare if we do not achieve a European Union-wide arrangement.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 16/12/2020 15:44:34 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

1256032

registered interest
date	26/11/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the additional costs required to administer 27 separate bi-lateral reciprocal healthcare arrangements in the event that the UK does not negotiate a pan-EU reciprocal arrangement after 31 December 2020.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	121251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2020 answer text <p>The cost of administering either bilateral reciprocal healthcare agreements with European Union member states or an EU-wide agreement on reciprocal healthcare will depend on the scope and content of either type of agreement.</p><p>Negotiations with the EU Commission on the future relationship on social security coordination, which includes reciprocal healthcare, are still ongoing. It is therefore not possible to make such an assessment.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 02/12/2020 16:28:06 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 65815 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

1253852

registered interest
date	19/11/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for how long European Health Insurance Cards remain valid in respect of people travelling to an EU country before 31 December 2020 and who do not return before the end of the transition period.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	118024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>The Withdrawal Agreement protects United Kingdom and European Union nationals, including UK insured individuals, who find themselves in a ‘cross-border situation’ over 31 December 2020. For example, someone whose holiday begins before, but ended after, the 31 December 2020 would be covered. People in this situation will be able to continue to use their European Health Insurance Card to access ‘needs-arising treatment’ until they leave that country by travelling to another EU Member State or returning to the UK.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 24/11/2020 14:30:17 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1253407

registered interest
date	18/11/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what date ordinarily resident EU nationals will be able to apply for the new UK EHIC card.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	117316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>A new United Kingdom European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) has been developed for those eligible under the Withdrawal Agreement to protect the existing healthcare rights of people living, working and studying in the European Union prior to the end of the transition period. The new card will be valid from when it is received and for travel from 1 January 2021.</p><p>EU nationals living in the UK before 31 December 2020 will be able to apply for the new UK EHIC in December 2020. We will work with stakeholders and target communications at the relevant groups and audiences to ensure they get the call to action to apply for a new EHIC.</p><p>Should an EU national who is eligible for a new EHIC under the Withdrawal Agreement not have the card in time for any travel, they will still remain covered. If they require necessary healthcare whilst in the EU, they will be able to ask for a Provisional Replacement Certificate from the NHS Business Services Authority.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/11/2020 17:29:41 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1245490

registered interest
date	21/10/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to seek a continuation of the European Health Insurance Card scheme for UK citizens after the transition period.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	106958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2020 answer text <p>From 1 January 2021, under the Withdrawal Agreement some groups will be entitled to a United Kingdom issued European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) for travel in the European Union. These include:</p><p>- UK state pensioners living in the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland at the end of Transition Period,</p><p>- Individuals who are frontier workers at the end of the Transition Period, for as long as they continue to be covered by the Agreement, and</p><p>- EEA or Swiss nationals residing in the UK by the end of the Transition Period.</p><p>UK nationals already living in the EU who hold a Member State EHIC may use this when accessing healthcare within the EU and UK.</p><p>For people not covered by the Withdrawal Agreement, the future of reciprocal healthcare arrangements between the UK and EU are subject to negotiations, which are ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 03/11/2020 12:39:17 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

1244085

registered interest
date	15/10/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Bethell on 12 October (HL8659) and Lord True on 24 June (HL5754), which UK citizens will be entitled to a UK-issued European Health Insurance Card that remains valid for travel in the EU after 31 December.
tabling member printed	Lord Bowness
uin	HL9216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2020 answer text <p>From 1 January 2021, under the Withdrawal Agreement some groups will be entitled to a United Kingdom-issued European Health Insurance Card for travel in the European Union. These include:</p><p>- UK state pensioners living in the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland at the end of the Transition Period;</p><p>- Individuals who are frontier workers at the end of the Transition Period, for as long as they continue to be covered by the Agreement; and</p><p>- EEA or Swiss nationals residing in the UK by the end of the Transition Period.</p><p>UK nationals already living in the EU who hold a member state EHIC may use this when accessing healthcare within the EU and UK.</p><p>For people not covered by the Withdrawal Agreement, the future of reciprocal healthcare arrangements between the UK and EU are subject to negotiations, which are ongoing.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 29/10/2020 11:54:22 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	3496 label Biography information for Lord Bowness