What is reciprocal healthcare?
Reciprocal healthcare is a small and important element of general healthcare policy in the UK. Reciprocal healthcare agreements support people from the UK to obtain healthcare when they live in, work in or visit other countries (and vice versa for people from other countries who are in the UK).
	These normally involve the UK and the other country agreeing to waive healthcare charges for migrants, workers or visitors. Some agreements involve the UK and other countries reimbursing one another for the cost of healthcare-this approach underpins the EU reciprocal healthcare arrangements. Reciprocal healthcare agreements can facilitate co-operation on planned treatment or other areas of healthcare policy.