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Is it correct to say that visitors to Ireland can avail of the services of the majority of Irish Doctors who are registered under PCRS scheme whereas it an Irish person is on holidays say in Lanzorate you have to avail of the public health centre as doctors there will not treat patients under the EHIC scheme
 
The problem is that Spanish doctors are taking it upon themselves to refuse treatment under the EHIC scheme. It is a matter for the EU to sort out.
 
dewdrop said:
Is it correct to say that visitors to Ireland can avail of the services of the majority of Irish Doctors who are registered under PCRS scheme whereas it an Irish person is on holidays say in Lanzorate you have to avail of the public health centre as doctors there will not treat patients under the EHIC scheme
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Under the agreement you are entitled to avail of emergency medical services in any EU country or Switzerland (not sure about the EEA countries). The country where you do so ends up carrying the cost of such services and for the most part this works out fine as of course other EU citizens make use of Irish facilities as well.

Spain has a problem however because it is such a popular holiday destination and with the current economic problems the health services are finding it difficult to cover the costs, which means that Spanish doctors often find it difficult to get paid for providing such services... hence they are refusing to do so. EU Commission is currently discussing the situation with the Spanish government....

There have been reports in the papers here too, of Swiss citizens being refused treatment in Spain or being required to pay before being treated, so it is a general issue.
 
dewdrop said:
Is it correct to say that visitors to Ireland can avail of the services of the majority of Irish Doctors who are registered under PCRS scheme whereas it an Irish person is on holidays say in Lanzorate you have to avail of the public health centre as doctors there will not treat patients under the EHIC scheme
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Took a little hunting but it's here.

More info about visiting Spain...[broken link removed]
 
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Warning.

There is a site which charges €14- to renew !!

The official FREE HSE site is [broken link removed]

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