Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements
Commons · Question 109501 · Tabled 28 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 20 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by James McMurdock
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total monetary value was of NHS costs submitted under the European Health Insurance Card scheme that were not recovered in each of the last three financial years.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 20 Feb 2026
Under our agreements with the European Union, European Free Trade Association countries and Switzerland, we make claims to European countries for National Health Service costs incurred by temporary visitors from those countries. Claims are made in arrears...