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?

You're getting a lot of conflicting information here. Some is very wrong. Here is a link to the correct information - it also differs depending on which part of the Uk you are in. Basically, if you are here for less than 6 months you will have to prove you intend to stay. But you will still be treated without immediate payment. However they can pursue you afterwards if you weren't entitled. Even if you have to pay it actually quite reasonable and might be worth it for ensuring your baby's Uk nationality. Good luck. www.maternityaction.org.uk/advice-2/mums-dads-scenarios/3-women-from-abroad/

As the OP was born in the UK and is British by birth, the OP's baby will be British by descent.

From the information given here, the OP has no address in the UK and is not eligible for NHS treatment unless she moves here on a permanent basis. There are considerably costs involved in moving country that might well outweigh any possible advantages. Private Egyptian hospitals might even be preferable to NHS hospitals.

My advice would be that, unless you actually want to move here, it really isn't worth coming back to the UK to have your baby.

Is she 17 weeks rather than 17 years old ? As a non resident she would be liable for the costs .

Labour and delivery are billed if you are not entitled to get it in the NHS.

FACT. I work with vulnerable families, lots who aren't entitled to free care and they are all billed these days. £8k is the average cost.

Failure to pay results in immigration services being contacted.

These days to get antenatal care you need proof of address etc.

You're not eligible for NHS treatment. My brother lives overseas and is not entitled. You should have your baby in Egypt or if you choose to come here you will have to pay.

Don't even bother OP, your taking the piss. Stay in Egypt instead of using our NHS.

As a Brit in the US, I use my parents address, and I am still registered at my original doctors

@Backwoodsgirl That's nothing to be proud off, being both ethically and morally wrong. Such misuse is one of the reasons the NHS is overstretched

@Justkeeprollingalong

It's my insurance policy for my family, for me family comes first.

As people have said you need to be resident to use the NHS without additional charge not just British, this is reasonable as you aren't likely to be paying the UK taxes to support the NHS.
In reality if you are white British, are still registered with a GP and have an address you can use they are unlikely to to do much checking. If you are not in this situation you may get more scrutiny.

@Backswoodgirl-if you’re in the states then you’re hardly in a third world country needing better treatment-you just want something for free that you don’t put into, nothing to do with “my family comes first” I’m in agreement with @Justkeeprolling, your attitude is seriously nothing to be proud of and is why the NHS in its current position is failing.

@Backwoodsgirl Didn't you claim yesterday that US healthcare was excellent and affordable? If so why would you still use the NHS?

Why don't you get a real insurance policy, backwoodsgirl?

@Tomtontom

My healthcare in the US is totally affordable and I am very happy with it. However like with everything I do I like having a backup option available if all else fails.

Backwoodsgirl, you're on the other thread bragging that you wouldn't dream of moving back to the UK, and that living in the US gives you the kind of lifestyle you'd need a lottery win for here.

Nice to see you do, in fact, acknowledge that your position is more precarious than it seems. Job loss? Long term chronic illness? Cancellation of your (extremely cheap for the US and probably for a reason) health insurance? No problem: you've fraudulently maintained a UK address for NHS access, even though you're not ordinarily resident here and definitely not entitled to it.

Funnily enough, you didn't mention this when explaining how awesome your life in the US is. I can't stand this kind of expat: shameless boasting about your new life and how you'll never be back... but quietly expecting to sponge off the NHS if you ever need it.

OP: I was six months pregnant when I moved back to the UK. I was able to register with a GP and access treatment there without issue, but I couldn't properly book in to or receive antenatal care at the local hospital until I proved I had relocated here permanently. This involved showing a copy of our rental contract and DH's work contract. I have a British passport and had been overseas 5 years.

Some hospitals have very efficient departments dealing with billing and international patients, and some are completely clueless, so you'll hear about a range of experiences.

Agree with @LuYu, the UK is such an unattractive place that you are keeping the door open to take advantage as soon you need to. Hypocritical much!

I emigrated to Australia several years ago and wouldn't dream of using facilities in the UK as a "back up" of any kind. I pay taxes here, not the UK.

@LuYu

Jobless and chronic illness is something I don't worry about. Our health insurance is cheap because DH's company picks up the majority of the monthly payment.

I have no interest in ever moving back, but as a prepper I like my backup plans, however it is a short lived backup plan as the NHS will collapse post Brexit.

A US-based prepper who has "Fly back to the U.K. and defraud the NHS" as one of their back up plans? Oh dear😆

Job loss and chronic illness absolutely are something you should worry about, in a situation where you're dependent on an employer for healthcare insurance. Healthcare costs have bankrupted many Americans who don't have good insurance, or any insurance, or an NHS backup option. And I expect you know that, since you're still using your parents' address to ensure you have free treatment in the UK when you most need it.

I don't want to derail this any more, but it's a joke that you're on other threads giving people the impression that life in the US is super super awesome without mentioning that, yes, you do have (justified) concerns about the extortionate healthcare costs out there, so you're keeping a foot in the door here in case you need UK taxpayers to fund your future illnesses. People who are hoping to emigrate need to be aware of the real situation.

Given there’s a substantial discount on health insurance premiums through her husbands employer it would appear on the face of things that her stance rests not only on her husbands employer but her husband too .

We are temporarily in the US and DH's employer has worldwide insurance for us including the UK. If one of us got a chronic condition staying in the US would be very expensive. Healthcare here is very expensive and medication costs multiples more than it does in the UK, not to mention the endless hours spent on paperwork. It is a key reason why I wouldn't want to locate here permanently.