It would serve May's Brexit government right, if all those Brit's coming up to retirement in Spain or already retired to Spain
I think the idea of the Brexit clique is that there is no NHS by then - thus sorted!
Yes I feel like Corporal Fraser from Dad's Army - Who would no doubt say, forget the £350 million pounds that
It would certainly improve Malaga hospitals waiting lists which are lengthening. There must be a lot of Brits in the system.
They're so bad, apparently, that the worst performing hospital (Carlos Haya) has an average waiting time of 86 days (ie less than 3 months) for surgery where the target time is 180 days, and has reduced their average waiting time for surgery where the target time is 120 days from 62 days to 52 days.
Doing well if you consider the budget cuts and accept the figures unquestionably. I f you understand Spanish and follow the news many Spaniards don't including the TUs.
The El Confidencial article says:-
I know we went through all this prior to the referendum vote, so it's disappointing to see if still being trotted out. The UK rebate is never actually paid to the EU so no, they don't give some of it back.
For the first five years we were here neither myself or OH availed ourselves of the health service of the JdA. In the past five years I've had double cataract surgery and treatment for cardiomyopathy, OH has had surgery for melanoma.
Where is the NHS going, please enlighten me
Don't talk bullocks
The NHS is, quite rightly, a sacred cow to the British public. No government would dare abolish it in favour of total privatisation.Where is the NHS going, please enlighten me
I think there is a lot of confusing and misleading information published in both the Spanish and British media about these issues. As you say, many Spanish sources imply that Spain gives free health care to foreign pensioners, whilst the British media makes much of how many millions of pounds the UK pays to Spain for healthcare without making clear how much of that relates to treatment provided for tourists under the EHIC scheme.I am confused, the J de A is said to spend €1000 pa per person (in the North it's €1500) yet I remember reading that the UK pays €3500 to Spain for each pensioner.
Impossible to get a real figure as to how much is spent to what is paid out. Many do still go back to UK for treatment as they want to be in familiar surroundings. Others move back if they become seriously ill. Then there are many Pensioners who claim to have private health care. When I looked and found the article above there was quite a lot of Spanish articles that implied Spain gives free health care to British, German etc. Pensioners.
I did read below the Sur article a Spaniard saying it wasn't true as his wife had waited 100+ days. Although he could be lying, as could those who claim to be in and out in a couple of weeks...we shall never know
You must have done the same job as me
funded by the GLC I used to organise and run workshops for volutary groups on getting funding from Europe. Also monitored and supported projects. Yes the Gov and LAs did have the biggest say on applications but the criteria had to match that of Brussels. Most of the applications had to be part funded in the UK, hone office provided much of it. Many years ago but I think About a quarter had to come from statutory bodies.
