Romanian aupair & healthcare

[debz6108]

Our aupair from Romania is suffering from a tooth problem she says it's an going problem that flairs up occasionally and she needs antibiotics. I've said she needs to be seen & wondered if she is covered by nhs at all Also is it common practice to pay for her treatment. I normally would just pay but it worries me that this is an ongoing thing she has not mentioned before & could end up being very pricey. she wanted ne to see if I could get antibiotics for one of us & then give it to her. Obviously I am not going to do that under any circumstances

Your au pair is your employee and it is your business to ensure that she has proper healthcare coverage in the UK. If she doesn't, you need to pay for her treatment.

EU members are allowed to access UK healthcare so she should be able to simply sign up with GP and just pay normal prescription charges like you or I. BUT there are some restrictions on Romanian/Bulgarian employment rights so maybe there is a possibility that the NHS rights might vary, too.... I'd google if I were you and if you can't find anything simply take her to your own GP to register her.

yes of course she is covered by the NHS:

• she lives here
• is in employment

she needs to go and see her gp, maybe take a letter from her dr in romania to show what kind of problem it is and what the usual treatment was.

She's covered by the NHS.

Thanks everyone she's literally just started with us so hadn't registered her for healthcare will get it sorted thanks again

Does she have a European Heath Insurance Card? Info in Romainian about applying for EHIC in Romania

Looking at a flowchart that an NHS Trust uses, "If the patient has not got a valid EHIC they need to apply to their home country for a provisional replacement certificate for temporary cover"

If it is an emergency and covered in Band 1 then they may get treatment for that. They may need to pay the usual NHS charges for Band 1. Dental cost Bands

if she lives and works here, she should just go and register with the gp. ehic is for holidays not for permanent residents.

Is she over here on an au pair agreement? Ie she doesn't have a blue or yellow card. If so, residency may not apply as it is specifically NOT granted under the au pair scheme and NHS may not be willing to cover her in which case she would need an EHIC.

not sure how much romainan health care system works but for us czechs it works in a way that if you go abroad, you discontinue your health insurance at home, ie give back your EHIC which serves as a proof of you beeing insured and you show it to your doctor every time.
if you go abroad to work, you have to discontinue the insurance at home under some european law which says you cant be insured in two countries at ones. working in the uk basically means insured in the uk for these purposes. so in short you cant use your home country EHIC in the UK if you work.
if you are here to study etc then you are allowed to discontinue insurance at home but must buy travel insurance.

has no got no travel insurance at all?

i think the aupair she be able to register at the gp, and also get a dentist treatment on the nhs. in my experience not all GPs and receptionists are up to date on all the rules on foreigners. i perosnally never had a problem seeing a doctor when i needed it /but i am czech rather than romanian, and not 100percent sure it doesnt make any difference/.

ps. i dont think it is a responsibility of the employer to to pay for healthcare of their employees, is it?? [not talking about feeling you should help but about legal responsibility]