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Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements

Volume 504: debated on Tuesday 26 January 2010

To ask the Secretary of State for Health with which countries the NHS has reciprocal arrangements for health treatment. (313579)

The United Kingdom has reciprocal health care obligations under European Union regulations, which co-ordinate social security including sickness, maternity and equivalent paternity benefits in kind, in the European Economic Area and Switzerland.

In addition, the United Kingdom has bilateral health care agreements with the following:

Anguilla

Armenia

Australia

Azerbaijan

Barbados

Bosnia

British Virgin Islands

Croatia

Falkland Islands

Georgia

Gibraltar

Isle of Man

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Macedonia

Moldova

Montserrat

New Zealand

Russia

Serbia

St. Helena

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Turks and Caicos Islands

Ukraine

Uzbekistan.