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Republic of Ireland
Medinet Ireland,
The Mill Enterprise Hub,
Newtown Link Road,
Drogheda, Louth,
Ireland,
A93 CD3D
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Northern Ireland
Musgrave Healthcare
Unit 2.22, House of Vic-Ryn,
1 Rathdown road,
Lisburn,
BT28 2RF
Medinet Ireland
Medinet Northern Ireland
What is the EU Cross-Border Directive?
The Cross-Border Healthcare Directive is an EU law that allows EU citizens the right to receive medical treatment in any other EU country, accompanied by a friend or family member, and be reimbursed for care abroad by their home healthcare system.
This means that if you are facing long waiting lists for your knee or hip operation, you can choose to have your procedure in another EU member state, like Spain. The treatment will be paid for upfront, and Medinet Ireland will guide you through the reimbursement process to claim back the cost of the procedure.
NI Waiting list Reimbursement Scheme
This Scheme is a programme run by the Department of Health, Northern Ireland (DoH) which allows eligible residents of Northern Ireland to pay for private treatment abroad (initially in the Republic of Ireland, and now also in the EU) and then seek reimbursement from the DoH under certain conditions.
In short, if you’ve been on a waiting list in the NHS/HSC system in Northern Ireland for more than 52 weeks (one year), and you meet the rules, you may choose to get the treatment elsewhere, pay for it yourself, and then claim money back.
Who is eligible from ROI?
You can apply if you:
- Are ordinarily resident in Ireland
- Are entitled to public healthcare
- Have a GP or consultant referral
- Require a treatment that is publicly available in Ireland (e.g., hip or knee replacement)
- Have a G-HIC/E-HIC and an in date valid passport.
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Republic of Ireland: 015134299
Northern Ireland: 07539133922
Email us at: contact@iemedinet.com
Who is eligible from Northern Ireland?
You can apply if you:
- Are an ordinary resident of NI and entitled to the full range of HSC services.
- Have been diagnosed by an HSC Trust consultant.
- Have been on the HSCNI surgery waiting list for ≥1years.
- Your surgery is one commissioned by DoH for their diagnosis and would have received within HSC under the same clinical circumstances.
- Will pay for the surgery themselves THEN reclaim costs from DoH.
- Have NOT sought any other source of reimbursement.