Delivering my baby in uk

[Esraa]

Am pregnant 17. Weak now. Am living in Egypt, am British and have a valid British passport but I don't have insurance in UK. Want to deliver my baby in UK what is needed to have my baby there should I pay for NHS or what?

As others have said as you have not contributed to the NHS through paying national insurance, so not entitled to free NHS care. You would either need private insurance and private UK healthcare or to speak to your NHS trust of choice to discuss if they can treat you on a private basis and how much it would cost. Remember if there are any complications costs could escalate very quickly. I don't know how much maternity care costs, but generally a normal hospital bed costs the NHS between £300-£500 per night depending on speciality. Emergency treatment such as intensive care unit for you or baby, or special care baby unit will be much much more. During a simple labour you have one to one midwife care which I imagine is not cheap, if it's more complicated and you need surgery there are a huge number of staff involved.

I remember seeing a story on a TV documentary, where a woman went into labour with quadripulets on a flight over the UK and the flight landed for her to access emergency medical care. Although she received emergency care both she and all 4 babies had very long stays in intensive care and she was presented with a huge bill which her insurance didn't cover. I would think very carefully about your options and check what any insurance policies actually cover. It might work out better and cheaper to look into options in your home country.

Also are you aware that birth in the UK alone is no longer enough for your baby to qualify for a British passport themselves, if that was what you were hoping for.

Childbirth is classed as an emergency procedure and therefore is not billed.

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Everything apart from the birth you will have to pay upfront for, ultrasound, examinations, midwife services. You will have to pay for all of it.

Then the birth may be billed afterwards. Some areas are more lax.

In order to even access it on the NHS you will need a UK address. YOu will need to be here for a while before the birth as you won't be bale to fly later on.

How are you going to live? You cannot access benefits. Any other healthcare you may need you will always have to pay for.

Why do you want your baby born in the UK?

Childbirth is classed as an emergency procedure and therefore is not billed.

This is NOT correct.

I gave birth in the UK after spending five months abroad. After doing so I was presented with a bill of £5k+. I had to prove I was habitually resident in the UK to avoid paying it.

You have to pay now, the hospital will bill you if you have only arrived in the last 12 months. A&e doesnt charge and you can see a gp, it's when they refer the charges come in. Overseas Brits circumvent the system by keeping registered with a gp and using a family members address, not an option here.

The habitually resident 3/6 months comments aren't quite right, if you can show you always intended to return to the UK. So for example if you were away for a fixed term with work or study, or if you rented your house for a set period and can show that you now live in it and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

Are you under the mistaken belief OP that having your baby in the UK will make your baby British by default? Doesn't work like that.

You have not contributed to the NHS, ever, and cannot just pitch up and expect the rest of us to fund your care. Ridiculous.

This is just the daily mail again putting a stupid story on to get everyone riled up and then they will publish your responses 🙄

As the op is British and born in the uk then her child will be British no matter what, it's just whether her grandchildren will be entitled to citizenship.

www.maternityaction.org.uk/advice-2/mums-dads-scenarios/3-women-from-abroad/entitlement-to-free-nhs-maternity-care-for-women-from-abroad-scotlandwalesnorthern-ireland/

This is a good website for info.

If you are thinking of going into this trouble so your child has a British nationality, don’t. Long are the times when women couldn’t pass British nationality to their children and just in case some other are wondering, unlike in other countries, no child become a British citizen by the mere act of being born here, the parents have to be have a residence permit or being legally settled here, otherwise the kid needs to be based in the UK for 8 years under other types of visa (not tourist visa though) before applying for citizenship.

As the op is British and born in the uk then her child will be British no matter what,

that's not always the case. Most children born to British mothers are British too, but not all.

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If the OP is a British Citizen (not a British citizen by descent), the baby will be British wherever it is born. Without knowing the exact citizenship position of the OP, it is impossible for people on the internet to say what the baby will or will not be entitled to in terms of Citizenship.

No wonder why our NHS is in turmoil.

Exactly @Burlea. Frustrating isn't it.

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At 17 the OP didn't choose to live abroad and would be unlikely to have been paying tax and NI in the UK anyway!
OP, do you have family in the UK?

I missed the bit about her being only 17. Goes from bad to worse.

The OP has asked about insurance or should she pay for the nhs care? Where has she said she wants it for free ???
Sounds to me like she just wants to give birth somewhere safe and with good facilities and I would assume the nhs offers better care than where she is.
I think she meant 17 weeks pregnant ?

OP didn't say she was 17, there's a typo - she's 17 weeks pregnant

Yes, the OP was primarily asking how she could pay for private health care insurance. Then pages full of posters with poor reading comprehension rock up to tell her off for wanting free NHS care...? She has even been criticised for her poor 'choices' made as a 1 year old baby.
FFS get a grip. What do people gain from twisting a situation like this for a chance to be as nasty as possible?

No, OP asked whether she should pay, not how to pay. She also said she didn’t have an insurance.,

Not sure whose reading comprehension is not quite up to scratch.

The OP post wasn’t wrotten perhaps in the best way my interpretation is that she’s 17 was not 17 y o and had asked about insurance and mentioned paying the nhs (whether that’s should I or how do I is unclear but shows awareness she is liable to pay). I think we need to give her the benefit of the doubt and offer helpful advice rather than accuse her of being part of the nhs downfall
Maybe if OP returns she can clarify her intention

*17 weeks