LOSS OF EICH COULD PREVENT DIALYSIS PATIENTS FROM TRAVELLING

European Scientist - Brexit could limit the ability of UK citizens with long-term illnesses to travel in Europe, British MEPs have warned. In a letter to UK Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, a cross-party group of MEPs called on him to intervene in Brexit negotiations and safeguard the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) for UK residents. The EHIC currently allows residents of the UK to receive subsidised healthcare services in EU countries just as local patients do, but the EHIC’s fate after Brexit remains uncertain. After a year of talks between the UK and the EU, there have been few guarantees about the card’s status. The EU guaranteed early on in the negotiations that any British citizens abroad at the time of the UK’s withdrawal from the bloc would be able to keep their EHIC card, according to The Independent...>>>