If a non-EU country or territory is not listed on this page, the UK does not have a reciprocal health agreement with it. This agreement remains in force, but New Zealanders staying in the UK on a visa for more than six months will have to pay an immigration surcharge as part of their visa application from 6 April 2016. Please visit www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration (external link) for more information. New Zealand has reciprocal health agreements with Australia and the United Kingdom. Under any agreement, certain services may be publicly funded for persons covered by the agreements. These services may be financed to the same extent as for a national of the country he is visiting or in which he is temporarily staying. Under a reciprocal health agreement, British nationals living in the United Kingdom and making a short-term visit to New Zealand are entitled to immediate health care within the health system under the same conditions as New Zealand citizens. Exceptionally, this extends to preclinical care, including air or road transportation. You must present your British passport upon request. New Zealand and Australia have a reciprocal health agreement, which means that New Zealand citizens travelling to Australia are entitled to limited subsidized health services for medically necessary treatments during their visit to Australia. The mutual health agreement covers medically necessary treatments. Medically necessary treatment means any illness or injury that occurs while you are in Australia and requires treatment before you return home. In addition to the EFTA countries mentioned above, the United Kingdom has reciprocal health agreements with the countries listed below.

Nevertheless, we recommend that you take out insurance coverage adapted to the duration of your trip. Mutual health insurance agreements do not replace the need for private travel health insurance. When a person uses services under a mutual agreement, they cannot register with a primary health organization (OPH). You should receive the same health allowances as a New Zealand citizen visiting a GP as an occasional patient if the doctor has decided that the condition requires immediate attention. They can register with a GP and should be given an NHI number if they don`t already have one. Copies of mutual health agreements as enacted in New Zealand legislation are linked below: The UK has reciprocal health agreements with some non-EU countries. In these countries, you are often treated as if you are residing in the country you are visiting. The United Kingdom aims to conclude new comprehensive social security coordination agreements, including mutual health care and GHIC-type coverage, with the European Free Trade Association countries in the European Economic Area (EEA/EFTA countries): Liechtenstein, Norway and Iceland. If you exchange the words «United Kingdom» or «Australian» for «New Zealand» and the words «New Zealand» for «United Kingdom» or «Australian» in the corresponding summaries above, you will see what the agreements say about the claims of New Zealand citizens and residence class visa holders in those countries. The evidence required may vary depending on the agreement. This will usually attempt to prove that the person is a British citizen or a current resident of the country.

The documents requested may include, for example, a passport, a driver`s license, proof of Social Security enrollment, or a utility bill. The agreement does not extend to broader mutual health care and only applies in rare cases. The New Zealand Department of Health (external link) provides further information on the mutual agreement with the United Kingdom (external link). Pending the entry into force of a new agreement, the United Kingdom and Norway will temporarily implement an amended version of the 1991 Convention on Social Security and the Protocol on Medical Treatment between the Governments of the United Kingdom and Norway. How UK citizens or residents can receive healthcare when visiting countries or territories outside the EU where the UK has reciprocal health agreements. .