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Travelling to the uk

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Hi

I will be traveling to the UK later this year.
I am from Australia. I plan to be traveling long term in Europe and would like to know if it's difficult/expensive to get insulin in the UK.

Thank you
 
None of us have to buy it - we are exempt from prescription charges. In any event you will need to register with a GP surgery and get a prescription for the insulin so you need to provide evidence that you are Type 1 and proper evidence of what insulins you use in order to obtain a prescription for it.

I'd be more worried about the cost of testing strips for your meter - I had to pay over £28 for a pot last year when we'd gone away for a week and stupidly I forgot to pack a spare pot.

When I wanted to know the same as you for our trip to Australia, I found most of the info I needed on the UK Government website here, under 'Healthcare abroad'. Presumably your government also knows with whom it has reciprocal agreements for healthcare and suchlike.

In any event - you'll need Medical Insurance so you can reclaim whatever health care costs you rack up.
 
Mercsar said:
Hi

I will be traveling to the UK later this year.
I am from Australia. I plan to be traveling long term in Europe and would like to know if it's difficult/expensive to get insulin in the UK.

Thank you
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It looks like you can see a NHS doctor free of charge in the UK, under the reciprocal arrangements the UK has with Australia. See here,
https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.a...th-care-agreements/visiting-united-kingdom#a2
What I don’t know is whether you are entitled to a Prescription Exemption Card, as we are if we have diabetes, to get our prescriptions completely free. Otherwise, bear in mind that NHS prescriptions are free to everyone in Scotland and Wales, but £9 per item in England.
 
Blimey, @Robin , do we share a brain cell? 🙂
 
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