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"The NHS must show that that waiting time does not exceed a medically acceptable period having regard to the patient's condition and clinical needs" (Photo: European Commission)

EU court backs British granny on health care costs

by Teresa Küchler, Brussels, May 16, 2006, 3:43:22 PM
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EU member states' national health services must pay the bill for patients who travel abroad for treatment when faced with "undue delay" in their home countries, a top EU court has ruled.

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) passed a landmark verdict on Tuesday (16 May) in a case which may have serious cost implications for member states with already strained health services and which does little to define "undue delay."

Seventy-five year-old British grandmother Yvonne Watts, suffe...

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"The NHS must show that that waiting time does not exceed a medically acceptable period having regard to the patient's condition and clinical needs" (Photo: European Commission)

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