National Health Number Question......

[NDA]

Some friends who live in the Channel Islands have a son who is now in the UK and is ready to start looking for work - but he doesn't have a National Health number thing. I haven't a clue how you would go about getting one.

He has a British Passport.

It's probably bleedin' obvious. Innit?!

[scruffy]

All babies born in England and Wales are given an NHS Number at birth. Other people need to officially join the NHS to get an NHS number. You can do this by:

* approaching an NHS GP surgery, or health centre, and asking to permanently join their surgery list,
* contacting a Primary Care Trust (PCT) who will place you on a local NHS GP surgery list, or
* being treated at an NHS hospital that is able to allocate NHS numbers.

HTH.

[scotal]

Is it a national health number he needs or a National Insurance Number?

[NDA]

National Insurance - I knew when I was typing that I hadn't got the phrase right.

[Monki]

When my ex (from Germany) needed a National Insurance number we went to the Inland Revenue office and they sorted us out