HC Deb 19 July 1977 vol 935 cc452-3W
Mr. John H. Osborn

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what steps he has taken to advise and list those countries, for the benefit of British tourists and holidaymakers, where adequate reciprocal arrangements have been made to make extra insurance cover for health and medical expenses unnecessary or irrelevant; and if he will tabulate this list in the Official Report.

Mr. Deakins

Full details of the reciprocal arrangements under which British tourists can obtain emergency medical treatment abroad are set out in leaflets SA28 and SA30.

Countries in which normally only nominal charges are made, mainly for prescriptions, are as follows:

  • Bulgaria
  • Channel Islands
  • Czechoslovakia
  • Denmark
  • German Democratic Republic*
  • German Federal Republic
  • Gibraltar
  • Irish Republic
  • Isle of Man
  • Italy
  • Netherlands

Child Psychiatry Adolescent Psychiatry Specialty Mental Handicap Mental Illness Total
Bethlem, Maudsley 24 32 24 356 436
Health Districts—
South Hammersmith 15 104 118
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster (North West). 55 55
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster (North East). 1,482 1,482
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster (South). 1,073 1,073
North Camden 1 60 61
South Camden 51 51
City and Hackney 46 127 173
Tower Hamlets 10 154 164
St. Thomas' 1,175 1,175
King's 123 123
Guy's 6 77 83
Wandsworth and East Merton 1,283 1,283
Grand Totals 46 32 80 6,119 6,277
Totals may not cast because of roundings.