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A new European health insurance card will be introduced across the UK by December 2005, replacing the E111 and other forms. The card will hold no electronic or clinical data, but will show name, date of birth and a personal ID number.
13 European countries began introducing the card in June. An extra 18 months was granted to the UK and the other remaining 15 countries (most of which are the new accession countries), since they did not have existing national health card systems which could be adapted.
In line with EU regulations the card will be issued on an individual basis and not a family basis as at present. Children/wards will not be covered by a parent?s/guardian?s card. There will be a small number of processing authorities, which will authorise the issue of a card. This information will then be fed electronically into a central database. The card will be valid for up to 5 years and there will be no charge. An emergency paper certificate will be available.
A new style E111 will be issued during Summer 2004. This new E111 will be valid until 31 December 2005 only. Old Style E111?s will cease to be valid on 31 December 2004. There will be a communications campaign to alert residents to the fact that they may need a new E111. The application form for the new E111 will include a tick box, which, if ticked, will allow the automatic issue of a European Health Insurance Card sometime in 2005.
Entitlement in the UK will be based solely on residence, not payment of national insurance contribution, tax or anything else.
More info here: http://www.bupa-intl.com/home/e111.asp
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13 European countries began introducing the card in June. An extra 18 months was granted to the UK and the other remaining 15 countries (most of which are the new accession countries), since they did not have existing national health card systems which could be adapted.
In line with EU regulations the card will be issued on an individual basis and not a family basis as at present. Children/wards will not be covered by a parent?s/guardian?s card. There will be a small number of processing authorities, which will authorise the issue of a card. This information will then be fed electronically into a central database. The card will be valid for up to 5 years and there will be no charge. An emergency paper certificate will be available.
A new style E111 will be issued during Summer 2004. This new E111 will be valid until 31 December 2005 only. Old Style E111?s will cease to be valid on 31 December 2004. There will be a communications campaign to alert residents to the fact that they may need a new E111. The application form for the new E111 will include a tick box, which, if ticked, will allow the automatic issue of a European Health Insurance Card sometime in 2005.
Entitlement in the UK will be based solely on residence, not payment of national insurance contribution, tax or anything else.
More info here: http://www.bupa-intl.com/home/e111.asp
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