Did you know that your old NHS number is taken from your birth certificate?
A bit of a contrast with USA where the SS# seemes to be ultra secret!
4 letters and 3 digits is memorable (ask me) but whoever thought that 10
digits would be better has no grasp of human factors.
Piers
On 5 Sep 2014 15:57, "Jez Cunningham" <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The NI Number is still 9 (digits and letters) but the NHS Number (which is
> something different) is now 10 digits (mine was 4 letters and 3 digits).
> And then each hospital has their own Hospital Number :-)
> cheers
> Jez
>
>
> On 5 September 2014 14:21, SwissPace <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Thanks, its nice to know these things before getting caught out, my
> > national insurance number is only 9 digits so they must have changed that
> > in the last 15 years. Maybe I should chase up a new number and register
> > with a UK practice. I have to pay full UK council tax anyway as a
> deduction
> > is not allowed for the first property unless it was emptied.
> >
> > I see there is hope and they are recommending that if you have paid for
> at
> > least 7 years then you should keep the entitlement
> > <https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/
> > uploads/attachment_data/file/210438/Sustaining_services__
> > ensuring_fairness_consultation_document.pdf>
> >
> > I guess I have to get a Romanian passport - no offence intended to
> genuine
> > Romanian people who have come to benefit the UK but I did see a program
> > about a group who have just come for the benefits and had no problem
> > getting NHS treatment - even my wife who is not British was angry with
> them
> > and the system.
> >
> >
> > On 05/09/2014 14:40, Jez Cunningham wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> They first asked me at the Emergency Department check-in / triage desk
> for
> >> my home address and the name of the doctor I was registered with. When
> >> they
> >>
> >>
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