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title: "Other Reciprocal Health Agreements"
description: "Other Reciprocal Health Agreements"
url: https://travel-faqs.insureandescape.co.uk/en/articles/14-other-reciprocal-health-agreements
collection: "Reciprocal Health Agreements"
updated: 2025-06-19
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# Other Reciprocal Health Agreements

Other Reciprocal Health Agreements

If you are a British Citizen the following additional reciprocal health agreements are available to you:  
  
**Australia**  
If you require medical treatment in Australia you must enrol with a local MEDICARE office. You do not need to enrol on arrival but you must do this after the first occasion you receive treatment. In-patient and outpatient treatment at a public hospital are then available free of charge. Details of how to enrol and the free treatment available can be found by visiting the MEDICARE Website on [www.humanservices.gov.au/medicare](http://www.humanservices.gov.au/medicare) or by emailing: [medicare@humanservices.gov.au.](mailto:medicare@humanservices.gov.au)  
  
**New Zealand**  
If you require medical treatment in New Zealand, there are reciprocal agreements, but a person may not enrol with a Primary Health Organisation (PHO). They should get the same health subsidies as a New Zealand citizen visiting a general practitioner as a casual patient, if the doctor has decided the condition needs prompt attention.  
For more information, please go to [www.health.govt.nz](http://www.health.govt.nz) or email: [info@health.govt.nz](mailto:info@health.govt.nz)  
  
**Important Notes**  
If you are admitted to the hospital contact must be made with the Medical Emergency Assistance Company as soon as possible and their authority obtained in respect of any treatment NOT available under a reciprocal health agreement.