Travel insurance? I'm only going to Scotland!!?

[MarthaChuzzlewhit]

I have booked my flight with EasyJet (Bristol to Edinburgh) and of course ticked the box saying I have travel insurance thinking I'd sort it out later. BUT... I have a medical condition so now I find that none of the high street/online quote places will even look at me.
Do I really need insurance just to go from England to Scotland?
I'd rather not buy it from EasyJet as it costs more than the ticket!
Can they refuse to board me if I can't show an insurance certificate?

I'm travelling on Tuesday so any advice will be gratefully received.

No, you don't need it, you can travel without it and nobody is going to ask you for proof.

If you get sick and can't travel, you won't be insured so you can't make a claim to get any hotels, travel etc that you've already paid for refunded.

You're in the UK so you can continue to use the NHS as normal when you're in Scotland if you have a medical emergency - you need neither an EHIC equivalent nor travel insurance.

Even if you were looking at travel insurance, be careful as most policies demand you have two nights of paid accommodation in the UK before they'll consider your travel as a trip, so if you're traveling to stay with relatives it'll almost always be "at risk".

Have a good trip!

The only eventually I could think you would need to claim if you had medical emergency mid fight and the had to divert not sure if you be liable for that
on a uk flight doubt they divert anyway as only short flight

Thanks @Swedesareneeps and @rwalker All good to know. I'm staying with a friend in Edinburgh (and at my own home in England!) so looks like it would all be invalid anyway.

What about insurance in case they loose your luggage? It might be covered on your home insurance but you'd need to check.

I'll just have a carry on case but I do have medical equipment so I will double-check my home insurance. Thanks for the tip!