Living
in Spain but not working: Form E106
Providing
that in Britain
you have been paying class
one
or class
two
stamps in the current
tax year
[to April] then you will be entitled to
two years health cover the same as Spanish
Nationals.
Even if one spouse meets the required criteria
and the other does not, both people can
be included in the benefits
providing they are dependent on the other.
In relation to the Form
106 you
need to contact DSS
Newcastle
and they will send you the relevant form
to your home address in the UK.
You fill the form out and tell them where
your address is going to be in Spain.
They will then send you the relevant Form
E106
back out to Spain and then you present it
to your nearest
Instituto Nacional de Salud)
INSALUD
office, which is similar to our DSS
offices.
Once stamped
by them you retain the form in case of illness
and it is valid for two years. If you are
not of pensionable
age i.e. under 60/65yrs,
after the two years you will need private
insurance
or will join the Spanish
health system
via your work contributions.
Living and working
in Spain
Your employer
should make your social security contributions
and you will receive a medical
card
and registration
with a doctor
near your home. Your prescriptions
will be charged at a reduced rate (40%
of the retail price of the drugs) and you
are entitled to urgent and non-urgent
medical care
including hospitalisation
and maternity
care. Referrals to hospital or consultants
are made via the GP
except in the case of an emergency.
See the
Working in Spain
section for more information.
Ambulances
Most towns have
a Red Cross
ambulance, which will attend to a
patient in an emergency but normally has
staff that are not highly medically
trained. If a
Red Cross ambulance considers that
a specialist
team is required they will call for a hospital
ambulance with a doctor.
There are a number of private ambulance
services for which a charge is made to the
patient.
For more
details contact:
Instituto Nacional
de la Seguridad Social (INSS)
C/ Padre Damián, 4
28036
Madrid
See
also
Healthcare
Visitors
to Spain - E111/E112
Pensioners
Working
in Spain
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