06 Apr 2009 6:23 PM:

Many thanks to you all. This has cleared this up now. I was given "duff gen" by a colleague who has lived in Spain and returned to the UK and knows everything!!!!! (not as it happens)

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06 Apr 2009 6:22 PM:

Many thanks to you all. This has cleared this up now. I was given "duff gen" by a colleague who has lived in Spain and returned to the UK and knows everything!!!!! (not as it happens)

Thread: What a dilema

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05 Apr 2009 11:02 PM:

With the greatest respect and thank you for taking the time. This doesn't really answer my question.

Thread: What a dilema

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05 Apr 2009 12:00 AM:

My Husband and I have always dreamt of retiring to Spain. We are both just over retirement age and are continuing to work as we still have a mortgage and bills to pay. We were going to put our UK property on the market until the values dropped and nothing was selling. After doing some research I discovered that if we leave the UK and live in Spain for more than two years, should we want to return to the UK we wouldn't be entitled to NHS factilities. We have paid into the system for over 100 years between us so I don't see why we should give it up when people are just arriving in the UK and using the NHS. We cannot afford to live in two countries. Has anyone out there any advice. I am sure that we are not the only ones. We wouldn't buy anywhere ever again but would just rent whether in the UK or in Spain. Many thanks in advance.

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04 Oct 2008 1:22 AM:

Thanks would appreciate,wish I was going too - can't wait to retire there but circumstances forbid at the n minute. Need to sel our house in the UK - probably at a lesser price than we'd hoped etc. etc Have a good time and any feed back would be appreciated.

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