The Department of Health in Northern Ireland has introduced a Waiting List Reimbursement Scheme (WLRS). This new scheme opened on 2 June 2025 and is available to ordinary residents of Northern Ireland. It provides an option for those patients who may wish to access private treatment in the Republic of Ireland (RoI) and claim Read more >

Under the Common Travel Area rules British citizens and Irish citizens, studying in each other’s jurisdictions have the same right to access healthcare as citizens who are resident.     This means cross-border students can continue to access healthcare as a resident at home and as a student, temporarily resident across the border.   North GP Cross-border students Read more >

The client had been living in Armagh and moved permanently to Donegal with their 10- year- old daughter who has congenital heart disease. Their daughter had cardiac surgery performed at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Dublin and on-going post-operative care was being provided by the Children’s Heart Centre at the Royal Victoria Hospital for Sick Children, Read more >

North Under the Childhood Immunisation Programme in Northern Ireland, a baby usually has its first vaccination at 8 weeks old.  This will be given at a GP surgery. It takes a number of injections to fully protect the child so it is important to complete the course. If vaccinations have been missed the child can Read more >

Cooperation between Ireland and the UK under EU Cross Border Healthcare Directive ceased on 31st December 2020.  Citizens residing on one side of the border can no longer use the EU scheme to avail of healthcare across the border. Replacement Schemes NORTH – Republic of Ireland Reimbursement Scheme – Launched 1 July 2021, initially for Read more >

The Northern Ireland vaccination programme is a GP (doctor) led programme. Anyone registered with a GP in NI (e.g. a cross-border worker) and therefore entitled to access health services in NI will be eligible to receive the vaccine in Northern Ireland.   They should be invited to receive the vaccine in due course as the GP Read more >

Global Health Insurance Card (UK) The Global Health Insurance Card replaces the EHIC in the UK and provides access to state-provided healthcare during a temporary stay in the European Union (EU). British citizens are typically not entitled to a new UK EHIC card, but they can continue to use their current card until it expires.  Read more >

If you are an EU citizen (not-Irish) and you moved across the border or started a cross-border job after 31st December 2020 your social security coordination and access to healthcare is uncertain at the moment as it depends on the outcome of the current negotiations between the EU and the UK. More information will be Read more >

Source: GOV.UK: “Under the CTA, British and Irish citizens enjoy additional rights in each country. This includes the right to access public health services on the same basis as local citizens when resident in each country. Post Brexit, Ireland and the UK signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for healthcare arrangements. With regards to Frontier Read more >

If you are an Irish, British or EU citizen and you moved across the border or started a cross-border job by 31st December 2020 then the Withdrawal Agreement applies to you and EU social security rules will continue to apply to you. Under the EU rules frontier workers are entitled to healthcare both where they Read more >