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Guidance: Visiting arrangements in care homes

Department Of Health Visiting care homes during COVID-19 HTML Details This guidance is for directors of public health, care providers and others who will be involved in planning to enable visits to care homes. It sets out: an overview of the visiting practices supported by this guidance advice for providers when establishing their visiting policy advice for providers when taking visiting decisions for particular residents or groups of residents advice on delivering safe visiting, with and without testing information on visiting in exceptional circumstances such as end of life Published 22 July 2020 Last updated 12 January 2021 +show all updates 12 January 2021 Guidance updated in…

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12 January 2021
Department of Health

Guidance: Arrangements for visiting out of the care home

Department Of Health Visits out of care homes HTML Details This guidance applies to residential care settings for older people and adults of working age. It sets out: how visits out of a care home can take place the role of the provider in supporting outward visiting the need for individual risk assessments Published 1 December 2020 Last updated 12 January 2021 +show all updates 12 January 2021 Guidance updated in line with the national restrictions introduced on 6 January. 22 December 2020 Updated to include information about visiting out of care homes in Tier 4. 1 December 2020 First published. Source link

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12 January 2021
Department of Health

Detailed guide: Healthcare for UK nationals visiting the EU

This information is about visiting the EU, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland. Theres different guidance for healthcare if youre:When you travel to an EU country you should have either: a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) a UK Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC) travel insurance with healthcare coverAn EHIC or GHIC is not a replacement for travel insurance. Make sure you have both before you travel.Each healthcare system is different, and in some countries youll need to pay to have treatment.Apply for a GHICIf you apply for a card now, youll get the new UK Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC) instead of a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC).They are…

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31 December 2020
Department of Health

Detailed guide: Healthcare for UK nationals visiting Spain

When you travel to Spain you should have either: a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) a UK Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC) travel insurance with appropriate healthcare coverAn EHIC or GHIC is not a replacement for travel insurance. Make sure you have both before you travel.European Health Insurance Card (EHIC)An EHIC or GHIC covers state healthcare, not private treatment.With an EHIC or GHIC you can get medically necessary treatment in Spain on the same basis as a Spanish citizen. This means that youll get healthcare services for free or at a reduced cost.An EHIC or GHIC is not a replacement for travel insurance it does not cover everything,…

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28 December 2020
Department of Health

Detailed guide: Healthcare for UK nationals visiting the EU

This information is about visiting the EU, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland. Theres different guidance for healthcare if youre:When you travel to an EU country you should have either: a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) a UK Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC) travel insurance with healthcare coverAn EHIC or GHIC is not a replacement for travel insurance. Make sure you have both before you travel.Each healthcare system is different, and in some countries youll need to pay to have treatment.Visiting Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland from 1 January 2021You can use a UK passport to get medically necessary healthcare in Norway.For most people, UK-issued EHICs are not valid…

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28 December 2020
Department of Health

Detailed guide: Healthcare for UK nationals visiting the EU

This information is about visiting the EU. Theres different guidance for healthcare if youre:At the moment, when you travel to an EU country you should have both: a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) travel insurance with healthcare coverAn EHIC is not a replacement for travel insurance. Make sure you have both before you travel.Each healthcare system is different, and in some countries youll need to pay to have treatment.Visiting the EU from 1 January 2021For most UK nationals, EHICs may not be valid from 1 January 2021.Make sure you take out travel insurance with medical cover for your trip.You may not have access to free emergency medical treatment…

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23 December 2020
Department of Health

Guidance: Arrangements for visiting out of the care home

Department Of Health Visits out of care homes HTML Details This guidance applies to residential care settings for older people and adults of working age. It sets out: how visits out of a care home can take place the role of the provider in supporting outward visiting the need for individual risk assessments Published 1 December 2020 Last updated 22 December 2020 +show all updates 22 December 2020 Updated to include information about visiting out of care homes in Tier 4. 1 December 2020 First published. Source link

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22 December 2020
Department of Health

Guidance: Visiting arrangements in care homes

Department Of Health Details This guidance is for directors of public health, care providers and others who will be involved in planning to enable visits to care homes. It sets out: an overview of the visiting practices supported by this guidance advice for providers when establishing their visiting policy advice for providers when taking visiting decisions for particular residents or groups of residents advice on delivering safe visiting, with and without testing information on visiting in exceptional circumstances such as end of life Published 22 July 2020 Last updated 19 December 2020 +show all updates 19 December 2020 Updated guidance about visiting in respect of Tier 4, in…

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19 December 2020
Department of Health

Detailed guide: Healthcare for UK nationals visiting the EU

This information is about visiting the EU. Theres different guidance for healthcare if youre:At the moment, when you travel to an EU country you should have both:a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) travel insurance with healthcare coverAn EHIC is not a replacement for travel insurance. Make sure you have both before you travel.Each healthcare system is different, and in some countries youll need to pay to have treatment.Visiting the EU from 1 January 2021For most UK nationals, EHICs may not be valid from 1 January 2021.Make sure you take out travel insurance with medical cover for your trip.You may not have access to free emergency medical treatment and…

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9 November 2020
Department of Health

Detailed guide: Healthcare for UK nationals visiting Spain

For most UK nationals, EHICs may not be valid from 1 January 2021.Make sure you take out travel insurance with medical cover for your trip.You may not have access to free emergency medical treatment and could be charged for your healthcare if you do not get health cover with your travel insurance.Visits to Spain that start in 2020 and end in 2021If youre visiting Spain over the Christmas and New Year period, your UK EHIC entitlements will continue until you leave Spain to either:return to the UK visit another EU countryUsing an EHIC from 1 January 2021Some people can get a new UK-issued EHIC which will remain valid…

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9 November 2020