{"id":18771,"date":"2021-12-03T15:08:46","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T15:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=18771"},"modified":"2021-12-03T15:08:46","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T15:08:46","slug":"after-living-away-from-the-uk-am-i-still-entitled-to-nhs-hiv-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/18771","title":{"rendered":"After living away from the UK am I still entitled to NHS HIV care?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, how are you doing?<\/p>\n<p>HIV care in the UK is free regardless of citizenship. Access to care can be via sexual health clinics. You do not need to be registered with a GP to access this.<\/p>\n<p>As you are a UK national you can receive NHS care but will need to register. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/using-the-nhs-when-you-return-to-live-in-the-uk\">form<\/a> will help explain the process of moving back over to the UK and how to access general healthcare.<\/p>\n<p>If you have another question let us know,<\/p>\n<p>Josh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was born in England, however, I have lived most of my life abroad. I just recently retired and want to move back to England for good. I am still a British citizen and hold a current UK passport. I was diagnosed HIV positive 30 years ago. <\/p>\n<p>I take one tablet a day and my viral load has been undetectable for some years now. Overall, my health is very good. Am I still be eligible for NHS care, most importantly, my HIV medication?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-access-to-treatment","category-all-topics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18771\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}