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Short Term Visitors
Anyone who comes to the UK on holiday or for a short term visit will have to pay for any NHS hospital treatment they may need while they are here, unless they meet the criteria for one of the exemptions from charges. This includes people coming to visit relatives who are ordinarily resident in the UK. Their entitlement to free treatment does not extend to you, even if you are going to be staying with them for several weeks or months.
If you think you will have to pay for treatment, it is strongly advisable to take out health insurance or travel insurance before you travel to UK.
If you think you will have to pay for treatment, it is strongly advisable to take out health insurance or travel insurance before you travel to UK.
What do I have to pay for?
- All treatment given by staff at a hospital or by staff employed by a hospital may be subject to a charge with the following exceptions, which are free to all:
- Treatment given in an accident and emergency department (excludes emergency treatment given elsewhere in the hospital);
- Treatment given in a walk in centre providing similar services to those of an accident and emergency department of a hospital;
- Treatment for certain communicable diseases (excluding HIV/AIDS where it is only the first diagnosis and connected counselling sessions that are charge free);
