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<blockquote data-quote="azure" data-source="post: 846988" data-attributes="member: 39639"><p>Registering with a GP isn't too hard. You may be able to register with your girlfriend's. You just choose one near to your home and phone them or visit. Once you're accepted as being resident in the UK and being entitled to be here, you should get the same treatment as a UK citizen with diabetes.</p><p></p><p>The NHS provides free treatment for those who qualify. If you have Type 1 diabetes then you can also get free prescriptions and free eye tests. Some people on benefits also get free prescriptions. Anyone who is entitled to free treatment on the NHS never pays the full cost of their medications. They pay a one off charge of approximately £7 or if they have diabetes or are on certain welfare payments or are children, etc, they do not even have to pay this small charge. I have Type 1 diabetes. I pay nothing for my insulin,test strips, lancets, Drs visits, blood tests, etc.</p><p></p><p>I don't know what NHS site you saw that mentioned insurance. That sounds strange. We do have insurance here for private health care but most people use the NHS because it's free. If you qualify, you do not need any insurance.</p><p></p><p>You say you've had contact with authorities in Cheltenham about 'insurance' but I'm not sure what you mean. We have a free national health service. Did these authorities tell you if you'd qualify for treatment on the NHS? That's the important thing to find out. You should in theory, but you may need to fill in forms or provide evidence before getting free healthcare. Or you may need to wait a while. That's what you need to check.</p><p></p><p>I think part of the confusion is that you talk about 'insurance' for health but in the UK we don't have insurance in the same way as some other countries do eg the USA. So it's not clear if you're talking about insurance to cover you when you first arrive or if you're just talking about the NHS. There is no insurance for the NHS. Most UK citizens don't have or need health insurance.</p><p></p><p>I hope that hasn't confused you further! If you want to put the link to the website you were talking about, we can look : )</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="azure, post: 846988, member: 39639"] Registering with a GP isn't too hard. You may be able to register with your girlfriend's. You just choose one near to your home and phone them or visit. Once you're accepted as being resident in the UK and being entitled to be here, you should get the same treatment as a UK citizen with diabetes. The NHS provides free treatment for those who qualify. If you have Type 1 diabetes then you can also get free prescriptions and free eye tests. Some people on benefits also get free prescriptions. Anyone who is entitled to free treatment on the NHS never pays the full cost of their medications. They pay a one off charge of approximately £7 or if they have diabetes or are on certain welfare payments or are children, etc, they do not even have to pay this small charge. I have Type 1 diabetes. I pay nothing for my insulin,test strips, lancets, Drs visits, blood tests, etc. I don't know what NHS site you saw that mentioned insurance. That sounds strange. We do have insurance here for private health care but most people use the NHS because it's free. If you qualify, you do not need any insurance. You say you've had contact with authorities in Cheltenham about 'insurance' but I'm not sure what you mean. We have a free national health service. Did these authorities tell you if you'd qualify for treatment on the NHS? That's the important thing to find out. You should in theory, but you may need to fill in forms or provide evidence before getting free healthcare. Or you may need to wait a while. That's what you need to check. I think part of the confusion is that you talk about 'insurance' for health but in the UK we don't have insurance in the same way as some other countries do eg the USA. So it's not clear if you're talking about insurance to cover you when you first arrive or if you're just talking about the NHS. There is no insurance for the NHS. Most UK citizens don't have or need health insurance. I hope that hasn't confused you further! If you want to put the link to the website you were talking about, we can look : ) [/QUOTE]
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