Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2018 11:03pm
S1 form is proof of income !,
UK pension is usually above the minimum income required by the Spanish government, if youre pensionable age you can sign on with a local gp or a doctor at youre local hospital, then youre doctor can compare the meds you use and tell you the Spanish equivalent usually after blood and urine samples at a local clinic, partner and myself live in a small village called Urcal and our local clinical is Santa Maria de Nieva,
You'll be able to get youre meds whilst youre waiting for youre full blown medical card via a temporary form from youre doctors surgery, then once you've got youre medical card which youre gp will help you get via the local social security offices, usually takes anything from a few weeks or a couple of months, it's a credit card sized item, you'll need it to "sign in" with youre doctor as well as at the pharmacia to get youre meds, if they dont have what you need they can usually obtain the missing item that same day.
You as a pensionistas pay just 10% of the prescription cost. Partners dad had a bad fall not long ago in the village and the ambulance took just 15 maybe 20 minutes to get here, which coincidentally is the time it takes to get from our local town of Huercal Overa to here and he was assessed and in the local hospital inside 30 minutes.
He got all the treatment needed on his Ehic including hospital treatment, the insurers were no more helpful nor use than I can think, disgusting doesnt even come close and during one call was moved to complain that because the call had gone on so long, partly due to her scripted conversation and dead pan answers, she moaned that she'd missed her tea break !!!
We have nothing but praise for the Spanish health service.