Check your health insurance card, Britons urged

Tue, 14 Oct 2008

British people are being urged to check their health insurance cards, because for many people they will have passed their expiry date. As many as half of Brits do not have a valid European Health Insurance Card, which could complicated matters when they travel to Europe .

The Department of Health has issued a warning about the cards, indicating that as many as 1.5 million will now be out of date. Despite this, some 52 per cent of Brits do not know that the cards have an expiry date.

The overseas healthcare programme manager at the Department of Health, Paul Siddell, reportedly commented: "Many Brits are putting themselves at unnecessary risk by not checking their EHIC expiry date. If you're travelling in Europe it's vital that you carry an EHIC, as well as comprehensive travel insurance ."

For those Brits with comprehensive private medical insurance, international cover may be extended as part of the policy .
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