Overseas visitors' health rights

Health Rights Information Scotland provides information about overseas visitors' health rights. The factsheets tell workers, students, asylum seekers and refugees, former residents, UK passport holders and pensioners living abroad, about the NHS services they can expect to receive during their stay in Scotland.

You can download a PDF copy of the factsheets by clicking on the links below.

• Health care for people coming to Scotland to work [PDF 160 KB]
  If you are coming from overseas to work in Scotland, this factsheet tells you how you can get health care from the NHS while you are here.
• Health care for people coming to Scotland to study [PDF 160 KB]
  If you are coming to Scotland to study, this factsheet tells you how you can get health care from the NHS while you are here.
• Health care for asylum seekers and refugees in Scotland [PDF 146 KB]
  If you are an asylum seeker or a refugee living in Scotland, this factsheet tells you how you can get health care from the NHS while you are here.
• Health care in Scotland for former UK residents now working abroad [PDF 148 KB]
  If you are a former UK resident and you work abroad, this factsheet tells you how you can get health care from the NHS when you are in Scotland.
• Health care in Scotland for UK passport holders living abroad [PDF 153 KB]
  If you have a UK passport and you live abroad, this factsheet tells you how you can get health care from the NHS when you are in Scotland.
• Health care for UK pensioners visiting Scotland [PDF 149 KB]
  If you live abroad and you receive a UK state pension or a UK war pension, this factsheet tells you how you can get NHS care while you are in Scotland.
• Health care in Scotland for holidaymakers from overseas [PDF 170 KB]
  If you are coming to Scotland on holiday, this factsheet tells you about health care you may be able to get free from the NHS if you become ill or have an accident.

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