Some basic knowledge about medical treatment in the UK 4389
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I have always heard that the free medical care in the UK is not free for international students to enjoy after coming to the UK？What is the British healthcare system like？
If you watched the opening ceremony of the London Olympic Games, you must remember the NHS displayed in it. The free medical care model represented by it has become a symbol of British national soft power。
There are two kinds of health care in Britain, one is the public health care system and the other is the private health care system。The National Health Service (NHS) is a public health care system that is paid for by national taxes and is available to most people in the UK。
The NHS is divided into two tiers. The first tier is general family doctors and nurses who provide health care in the community.The second tier is NHS hospital services, where specialist doctors take care of patients referred by their GP, or deal with major accidents and emergencies。
In principle, the NHS covers all residents of the country, and Chinese who study in the UK can enjoy the free public health care system in the UK as long as they register at the school, take their documents, and register at the GP near the school。
可是，After April 6, 2015，The situation is different，The days of free medical care in the UK for foreign students are history，Because China is not the UK's medical reciprocity，NHS care is only available to students and their dependents who have been on a course in the UK for more than 6 months;If residence is less than 6 months，You must pay for medical treatment at your own expense or buy medical insurance，But in an emergency in the UK when you have to go to the emergency room，Medical care is still free。
In general, after the new policy, international students will have to pay a surcharge to participate in the public healthcare system。
Before the rectification, the cost borne by the NHS approximately includes: family doctor's consultation fee, part of the hospital treatment fee, prenatal check-up and birth care fee。However, the dentist is not included in the free list and has to make a separate appointment。
In the UK, you generally need to make an appointment。But if it's not an emergency, it could be at least a week or two。So if it's really serious, you still have to go to the ER。
However, everyone's condition is different, and we can't all rely on the British public health system。There was a classmate who caught a cold and had a fever for several days, but the GP didn't think it was necessary to use the Chinese infusion method, just prescribe medicine, but unexpectedly, the classmate did not retreat from a high fever and eventually developed into pneumonia。
Some students need to have a small operation in the UK, from consultation, hospitalization to operation, all free of charge, and finally discharged healthy。
However, the Chinese and the British deal with the situation of patients is not the same, the Chinese as long as the operation, how have to recuperate for a few days, but the operation of the classmate found that many patients with minor surgery and other anesthetics returned directly home on the same day。This is also a common phenomenon in the UK。
Therefore, for Chinese students to study in the UK, first of all, some common medicines must be prepared, if you go to Chinatown to buy medicines, it is very expensive。
If the physical discomfort is very serious, you can return to China for treatment as far as possible, with parents and family around, will be better than alone outside the feeling of medical treatment。
