Visiting Czech Republic

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Go to your health professional at least four to six weeks before your visit to check whether you need any vaccinations or any other preventive measures. Country particular information and guidance is published by the National Travel wellness Network and Centre on the TravelHealthPro website and also by NHS (Scotland) from the fitfortravel web site. Useful information and advice about health overseas is also on the NHS alternatives website.

If you’re seeing Czech Republic you really need to get a totally free European medical health insurance Card (EHIC) before making the united kingdom. The EHIC isn’t an alternative for medical and travel insurance, however it entitles one to state-provided hospital treatment that could come to be essential throughout your travel. Any therapy offered is on the same terms for Czech nationals. In the event that you don’t get EHIC to you or you’ve lost it, you can call the division of Health Overseas medical Team (+44 191 218 1999) to get a Provisional substitution Certificate. The EHIC won’t address health repatriation, continuous hospital treatment or non-urgent treatment, so you should ensure you have actually sufficient travel insurance and obtainable resources to cover the cost of any treatment and repatriation.

If you plan to settle permanently within the Czech Republic you ought to either obtain kind S1 (formerly E106), which shows you made full nationwide Insurance efforts in the UK, or even to organize medical health insurance with a commercial organization on arrival. For further advice contact the international medical Team (Newcastle), Room TC001, Tyneview Park, Whitley Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE98 1BA; Tel: 0191 218 1999 (Mon-Fri 08:00-17:00).

If you'd like emergency medical assistance through your trip, switch 112 and request an ambulance. If you should be labeled a medical facility for treatment you need to contact your insurance/medical support company immediately.