§ Mr. Fernyhoughasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give a list of those countries with which the United Kingdom has a reciprocal 235W agreement which provides health facilities for British visitors when they visit those countries comparable to the facilities which their nationals have available to them under the National Health Service when they visit the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. Deakins:The United Kingdom has reciprocal agreements covering emergency treatment of United Kingdom visitors to the following:
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Channel Islands
- Czechoslovakia
- Denmark
- Finland*
- France
- German Democratic Republic
- German Federal Republic
- Gibraltar
- Hungary*
- Irish Republic
- Isle of Man
- Italy
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Norway Poland
- Portugal*
- Rumania Sweden
- USSR
*Formal procedures to bring these Agreements into operation have not yet been completed.
When treatment is required by visitors from the United Kingdom it is generally provided on the same terms as it is to residents of the territory concerned. Similarly, immediate treatment of visitors to the United Kingdom is provided on the same terms as to United Kingdom residents.