§ Mr. Michael McNair-Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether reciprocal arrangements exist within the EEC for kidney dialysis patients to obtain treatment in whatever country they visit.
§ Mr. WhitneyThere are provisions under the European Community's social security arrangements for visitors who are covered by those arrangements and who need dialysis treatment, when visiting another member state to receive such treatment, through the host country's state health scheme, on the same terms as insured residents of that country.
Special procedures for advance booking of dialysis facilities have been agreed by the member states. Details of these procedures have been sent to all dialysis units in the United Kingdom, as well as to the British Kidney Patients Association and The National Federation of Kidney Patients Associations, together with a list compiled by the Commission, of units providing treatment in the member states. Visitors from the United Kingdom have to present form E111, except in Denmark and the Republic of Ireland.