LOCAL INFORMATION

10.6.7.L1
General Practitioner Services for visitors/newcomers and GP Co-Op Out of Hours Service

Extent: Jersey
Updated 20 December 2018
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General information for all visitors (inc UK) to Jersey

1.Some countries have reciprocal health care agreements with Jersey which will cover emergency hospital treatment. These are, Australia, Austria, Barbados, France, Guernsey, Alderney, Iceland, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Sweden and the UK.
Visitors from the UK should consider taking out travel insurance to cover the cost of repatriation in the event of serious illness.

There is a new website designed to provide travel insurance to UK residents visiting Jersey. It is called www.jerseytravelinsurance.com

People with existing travel or health insurance policies are advised to check that the policy covers travel to Jersey.

General Practitioner Service

2. There is a General Practitioner Service for holiday visitors and newcomers, who have been in the island for less than six months. This service is provided by the majority of the GP surgeries throughout the island.  You should ask the GP surgery to advise you of their charges before booking.

After 6 months of residence a newcomer becomes eligible for Health Insurance benefits [drugs and medical benefit] provided they registered with Customer and Local Services on arrival in the island and paid social security contributions. A person over the age of 65 will also need to register with  Customer and Local Services even though they will not be required to make any Social Security contributions.

Day-time hours of treatment ( for contact details see list of surgeries below)

During day time hours (Monday to Friday 08.00 to 18.00 and Saturday 08.00 to 12.00) you can telephone the GP surgery to make an appointment

Out of hours treatment/GP Co-Op Out of Hours Services

To access the GP Co-op Out of Hours Service (Monday - Friday 18.00 to 08.00, Saturday 12.00 -08.00, Sunday 08.00-08.00 and Public and Bank Holidays 08.00-08.00) you can telephone any of the GP surgery numbers listed below to make an appointment.

The surgery is accessed by the Gwynneth Huelin entrance to the General Hospital.

Fees charged as at 10/09/13

Fees and charges

A fee for medical consultation will be charged for each and every visit you make. In addition, you will have to pay for any additional treatments and the full private prescription charge for each item dispensed. Please ask the individual surgery / pharmacy to advise you of the cost.

Prescriptions

Medical prescriptions can be dispensed at any of the community pharmacies. You should ask the pharmacist to advise you of their charges before dispensing.

St Helier Parish Town surgeries