The National Health Service (NHS) provides free health care for UK residents, and visitors from an EC/Commonwealth country, or a country which has recipreocal arrangements (Austrialia, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Russia, Norway, Sweden, Findland and Iceland).

If you are not covered by the NHS, it is important that you have adquate health insurance or travel insurance before entering the UK.

In an emergency, dial 999 and ask for an ambulance.