EHIC Cards

[Dancing Queen]

I've just renewed my EHIC card online so I thought I would put a note on here to remind others to check and make sure theirs are still in date.

http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/Healthcare ... -ehic.aspx

[Manoverboard]

Nice one ...

Now tell everybody to always carry it with them when going ashore as " It's locked away in the safe in my cabin " simply doesn't wash with the Euro style Jobsworths

[Mervyn and Trish]

And don't forget to use the official government site to do it. It's free. If you use a site that tries to charge you a fee, of which there are several, start again. They're just charging you to do something you can do yourself easily.

[Stephen]

Thanks for the reminder DQ

Just checked mine.

Good until 02/2018

[GillD46]

I just checked my wallet and the card is ok until 2017, good idea to check though, especially as we're off to Europe next week!

[oldbluefox]

Nice one ...

Now tell everybody to always carry it with them when going ashore as " It's locked away in the safe in my cabin " simply doesn't wash with the Euro style Jobsworths

Good thinking.
We always have ours but never take them ashore with us. Never thought about it before but from now on I think we should.

[Frank Manning]

Thanks Jo, a useful reminder. Ours have a year to run.

[Manoverboard]

Nice one ...

Now tell everybody to always carry it with them when going ashore as " It's locked away in the safe in my cabin " simply doesn't wash with the Euro style Jobsworths

Good thinking.
We always have ours but never take them ashore with us. Never thought about it before but from now on I think we should.

It's an absolute must as I personally discovered when I had to go by Ambulance to a Hospital in Poland late last year, the charges were waived once I produced the EHIC card. I think that they were grateful as in this case we were a mere 20 miles from the Ukrainian border so I suspect that they really couldn't be arsed to fill in all the forms if there was any way at all of avoiding doing so.

[Ranchi]

I know it is sensible to take your card with you but is it the card or just your number that is required? I only ask because an acquaintance said they just kept their number on their phone ( & uploaded to the cloud!). Anyone know? We always take our cards.

[BrianI]

One thing to note is that they don't send you a reminder when your card expires. Put your expiry date on your phone or calendar. It's free to renew
Brian

[Manoverboard]

I know it is sensible to take your card with you but is it the card or just your number that is required? I only ask because an acquaintance said they just kept their number on their phone ( & uploaded to the cloud!). Anyone know? We always take our cards.

You need the card imo.

A number means absolutely nothing if they have no way of checking it against the official NHS records else the database where the card details securely reside.

[Quizzical Bob]

Might as well take the card. No reason not to.

[Silver_Shiney]

Thanks for raising the subject, Jo, it prompted me to check ours to find that they expire next week!

[Dancing Queen]

You're welcome Alan, I was pretty impressed with the turnaround I received my new card on Saturday.

[cruisin_duo]

Thank you as well, as it reminded us to get our EHIC cards. Have to say it is a very simple process.