Uk Reciprocal Healthcare Agreement With Australia

While traveling can be enjoyable, it can sometimes be a challenge. There are clear links between mental health and physical health, so it`s important to take care of yourself while traveling and abroad. For more information on travelling with mental illness, see our instructions page. More information is also available from the National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC). Many Australian travellers covered by Medicare in Australia may not know they are entitled to mutual healthcare from a family doctor in the UK at the NHS. You have the right to be treated by a doctor as an NHS patient, and the cost of the consultation and medical prescription prescribed by the doctor is covered by the NHS as if you reside in the UK. The Australian website Medicare now very clearly confirms this information about the mutual health agreement…