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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2021 17:06:18 GMT 1
Quote: "The UK is set to accept Covid vaccination certificates administered abroad to its nationals
but the health ministry has told The Connexion it will only apply to UK residents registered with a GP."
Can there be many UK residents that have been vaccinated abroad?
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Post by plog on Jul 26, 2021 20:09:30 GMT 1
I can’t see the changes as announced today applying to many… You’d have to have been in e.g. France long enough to have benefitted from their scheme but OTOH not out of the UK long enough to have de-registered from your GP in the UK. I guess it might work for some people on secondments, postings or similar but other than that?  |
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Post by acr on Jul 27, 2021 14:15:55 GMT 1
I can't imagine it will be of any use to more than a handful of people.However, what WOULD be useful is an acceptance of the EU vaccination certificate. Not likely to happen though - not with the initial "EU" on it..... The difference it would make to people wanting to visit family inthe UK would be enormous.
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Post by plog on Jul 27, 2021 14:53:55 GMT 1
The subtleties of this do seem to have gone over the heads of some not effected by this, OTOH part the Guardian article on this has a decent précis…
“Given the NHS is a residency-based system, the number of people living overseas who are registered with a GP in the UK is likely to be fairly limited, leading to criticism that a tweak to the rules is “useless” for the millions of Britons living abroad for whom this will not make any significant change.
Expats who have been living outside the UK for some time and therefore are not registered with a GP (as they are told to deregister when they move abroad) will hope for a bigger overhaul of the rules later in the summer to also recognise their double-vaccination status.
Chris Goater, a spokesperson for the International Air Transport Association, said it was good news the UK appeared to be on the verge of “showing overdue recognition of vaccinated visitors” – but that it made no sense to restrict it to those with a UK GP.”
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