HC Deb 16 December 1992 vol 216 cc220-1W
Dr. Lynne Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what action she has taken to ensure that medical care provided by Spanish hospitals under United Kingdom holiday insurance schemes is administered by suitably qualified personnel;

(2) what steps she has taken to ensure that medical treatment provided abroad by British holiday insurance companies for British holidaymakers is of a standard consistent with that provided within the British Isles;

(3) what steps she is proposing to take to prevent British holidaymakers to Spain, who fall ill, from receiving unsolicited and unwarranted treatment in the course of private hospitalisation paid for by holiday insurance companies.

Dr. Mawhinney

The standard of health care supplied abroad under commercial holiday insurance is a private matter between the insurer, the insured person and the service provider.

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