Customs problems ? - Page 3

My daughter had applied and her health authorisation  in 3 months, she has the paper authorisation and, when it was last mentioned, was waiting for the card. I do not understand your friends problem, has she applied or hasn’t she? What are the gestures doing? The process isn’t complicated and is finalised by a visit to the health authority, I do not understand people willing to put their lives at risk and asking others to put their reputations on the line.

Karen p  - I don't think your grandchildren will die for the lack of a chocolate bar !!

I have mentioned my daughter a couple of times in response to this post, I would like to add my daughter lives in Puerto de Mazarron, applied for health card, had interview in Totana and is now comfortably settled with local health centre. I just do not understand your friends problem.

 ! have already stated twice now that she has applied through a local Gestor(who shall be nameless here) and I don't think is up to it !

It is a full 9 months ago when she applied, and trusted all was slowly progressing. - Which goes to show you can't trust anyone here.She will now try again with help from me. -  It doesn't appear to be very hard to do yourself. -  Failing that I will take her to my Gestor. Maleni at Zamora  who is excellent; and has just managed to win me a refund of €675 from Mazarron Council in overcharged  plus valia on my inherited house when I became a widow.

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Phil Tox wrote "once registered as a Spanish resident you are no longer entitled to any NHS treatments"

This is not correct - if you are a pensioner and registered with the Spanish health system you must deregister with the NHS (or a previous practice would be commiting fraud by having you still on their books), but if you visit the UK you can register with a practice as a visitor for up to 3 months, and get full GP care and prescriptions. I am currently in the UK and have used a local practice to check my diabetes treatment, and fill my prescriptions from my Hoja de Tratamientos - though I did have to clarify a couple of things in translation.

Note that it is not mandatory for a GP to accept temporary registration, so you may have to do some research and ask nicely!

Thanks Peter C, my friend had been stuck in UK for more than a year,( when she wanted to be in Spain.) Her UK GP practise was very clued up and gave her the prescriptions.legally. It's only since she came back here she's had any trouble, and only this month. I think the Spanish authorities have been told to clamp down on all Brits now for everything. by the Dictators in Brussels.You are legally allowed to import prescribed drugs even now, as long as your prescription is included in the parcel. This is a concession for certain people as their drugs are very expensive and in short supply in Spain.

I suppose all those know-all,  smug, holier-than-thou, downright unchristian posters would simply lie down and DIE rather than break the rules if they were in her position.- like HELL THEY WOULD ! they'd fight for their lives in any way available to them - juust like her!

Christine

               Your friend ( or is it really you) should pay for Health Care in Spain until her/your application is processed end off debate.

You asked for advice and you don't like some of our answers that's fine but why become nasty and aggressive perhaps you should join a Facebook Page they love an argument and Facebook is full of bitter twisted, lawless people, oh just for the record define OLD MEN you haven't a clue when I was born.

Phil.

Sounds good.

Given that every person who has responded to your post has condemned the actions of your friend, perhaps you should graciously admit that she has been acting incorrectly and then move on to try to implement the constructive solutions that have been proposed - instead of repeatedly being offensive towards those who have tried to help you...

Read posts properly RichT !  - I have never once said I agree with my friends actions; but that I have compassion for the situation she finds herself in;(I myself have been fiscally resident here for the past 18 years with all the priviledges this brings)..  Today, she has received her delivery of essential and legal drugs, 3 weeks later than usual, and an import charge of €17.50. The reason she is waiting so long for her Tarqueta seems to be it has run out of time while in application; and no one has bothered to tell her. This is being remedied with UK DSS and hopefully she will be issued soonest, -  with the help of a new Gestoria. So, you see, all you doubters and downers, things are never black and white, cut and dried, there are always exceptions to every rule. Forget it ! I have!