Hi,
As far as I'm aware health care is free from the National Health Service[NHS] at all NHS hospitals, payment may be/can be sought from individuals who are foreign nationals through their individual health or holiday health insurance scheme or through the recipical payment throught the respective governments.If an individual is working in the UK they will be paying national insurance contributions which covers their health care provisions. Where the individuals' have no health insurance than it is just written off. Hence currently in the UK there has been much media and public outcry regarding how many so call 'surgical health tourists' who are coming over to the UK and then presenting themselves at A&E/ER and thereby receiving emergency hospital treatments and operations. How much truth there is, is debatable as there has not been any published statistics. I'm very pleased to say that in the UK you will always have free access to health/ emergency treatments 24/7 in any town or city NHS hospital, since the 1948 NHS Act which ensured free health care for all. For Midwifery care all pregnant women are entitled to have free antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care up to 28th day postnatally from midwives, obstetricians and any other health professional depending on their needs. The mothers are also allowed free dental and free drugs presciptions up to the child is one years old. The general adult population have subsidised dental care and drugs prescription charges, and eye examinations and it is free for all under 16 year olds.
I have 2 reference for you:
1.Author: Malby, Rebecca Other titles by Author(s)
Title: Living values in the NHS : stories from the NHS's 50th year / Becky Malby and Stephen Pattison
Publisher London : King's Fund, 1999
Year 1999
ISBN/Control Number 1857174038
Subject National Health Service (Great Britain)--Evaluation
National Health Service (Great Britain)--Public opinion
2.Author: Baggott, Rob Other titles by Author(s)
Title: Health and health care in Britain / Rob Baggott
Edition 2nd ed
Publisher Basingstoke : Macmillan Press, 1998
Year 1998
ISBN/Control Number 0333694767
Subject Medical care--Great Britain
National Health Service (Great Britain)
Public health--Great Britain
Medical policy--Great Britain
Hope it helps
P Hung senior Lecturer Midwifery
Univeristy of Wolverhampton
School of Health
Boundary House
Walsall
WS1 3BD
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I am teaching health policy this semester. The class has just studied international models of universal access to health: the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada and Japan. My students had questions that weren't covered in our readings. I thought members of the listserv might be able to answer these:
1. In the countries listed, how and when do guest workers (those in the country legally) receive health care benefits?
2. In the countries listed, are there foreign workers in the country illegally (undocumented)? If yes, are they or their children ever eligible for health care benefits?
We appreciate your help,
Cecilia Jevitt, CNM, PhD
Assistant Professor Midwifery and Nursing
University of South Florida
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SHORT COURSE
Survey Data Analysis I:
Introducing Descriptive and Inferential Statistics
Dr Gabriele B. Durrant
9, 10, 11 November 2005
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Course Objectives:
To develop an understanding of the basic principles of statistical analysis.
To enable participants to employ appropriate methods of presenting data in
research reports and papers.
Course Content:
Overview
Review of descriptive statistics
Confidence intervals for means and proportions Setting up and testing
hypotheses Tests of statistical significance Two sample tests for means and
proportions One-way analysis of variance Association in tables
The course will include workshop sessions so that participants can work
through practical exercises, and computer practicals using SPSS for Windows
and real survey data.
Fee:
£400 (includes course materials, lunches and morning and afternoon tea, but
not accommodation which is to be arranged by the participant). Because of
ESRC support, a number of bursaries are available which reduce the fee to
£120 - applicants must be UK registered students, UK academic staff or
ESRC-funded researchers.
Location:
The course will be held at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Duration:
The course will begin with coffee and registration at 09.30 a.m. on
Wednesday,
9 November and end at 14.30 p.m. on Friday, 11 November. On Friday
afternoon there will be an opportunity for participants to discuss with the
instructor how to analyse their own data.
For more information please contact:
Jane Schofield
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