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Hi,
We are a Belgian family living in Brussels. We husband works here and I am a house-wife.
We are planning to move to London/England/UK. But to make it smooth, I would like to move first, most likely with the child, and my husband will join later after he finds a good job in UK.
Do Belgians need to register in the town hall (like communes in Belgium) in UK?
Can I move and register in the town hall. What will I need, for example, a housing rental contract? My husband will continue to support me.
Hope I be able to enroll my son at a secondary school in UK.
With regards to insurance, we have Mutuelle and other insurances in Belgian which are also valid in UK. But as I know medical is free in UK for those having UK address.
Thanks in advance.
For gods sake get a grip people.
She has simply asked about moving to the UK and registration! She didn't specifically even ask about the quality of health care!
Why do people persist in coming onto this site and lecturing people and telling them how to live their lives!
She is an adult and I am quite sure she is capable of making her own decisions. Probably doesn't need to be told by know all's not to do something.
It's only across the channel! Not Australia. If they don't like it or it doesn't work out for them, they can just come home to Belgium!
Nothing ventured, nothing gained!
I happen to entirely disagree about the negativity about the NHS but it's completely irrelevant!
Hi kasseistamper, I don't want to highjack the post, which is about someone moving to the U.K. and not health, but I was replying initially to the first comment from Luke who stated (sic) "Healthcare in teh UK is no where near as good as here in Belgium".
You clearly have your own experience of the system. And I don't contest it.
However unfortunately, my experience is the exact opposite. We had to essentially smuggle an elderly relative with liver cancer out of the Belgian system and back to the U.K. because the hospital and doctors here were using them to trial drugs, prescribing them unnecessary medication, testing and retesting them (MRI's and CT's) constantly at huge expense, and making an awful lot of money in the process. They were quite simply exploitative.
Once my relative was back in the U.K., the doctors (NHS) were horrified at the treatment they had been receiving here in Belgium.
And on your point on private healthcare in the UK - it is still very much a minority product. Around 10% of the population (principally middle aged and in employment) have some sort of private coverage. And about 2/3 of that is paid for by companies as part of a pay package (similar to what many employees here in Belgium get in "hospitalization insurance"). So roughly 3% of the adult U.K. population pay directly for private health insurance. I'd hardly say that was "popular".
Anon 100
Original question asks about secondary school placement
Mentions also the medical service in teh UK
At least others including me have tried to answer rather than have a dig at people trying to help
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