Travel to Denmark

Cities, villages and spa towns in 14 tourist regions.

Medical and Health

Where to Get Information & Refunds

Documentation required

The local council (Kommunen). For UK nationals on a temporary visit to Denmark, an E111 isn't required - production of a British passport is enough.

For other EEA and Swiss nationals resident in the UK, an E111 is needed.

Doctors, Dentists & Prescriptions

Consult any doctor or dentist registered with the Danish Public Health Service and show your passport or - if you're not British - your E111.

If you're charged for treatment, get a receipt. All the cost of a medical consultation - and a proportion of dental costs - will be refunded if you apply to the local council with your receipts before you leave Denmark.

There are no refunds of expenditure under 500DKK (or £47.59p) for persons over 18 (for children, 50% is refunded).

You'll be given a special card to register your purchases on your first visit to a pharmacy if you show your passport or E111/EHIC card.

If not, keep all your prescriptions and receipts and apply for a refund to the local council.

Hospital Treatment & Ambulance Costs

Free hospital treatment will be arranged by a doctor.

If you can't see a doctor first, show your passport or E111 to the hospital authorities and ask them to arrange free treatment for you.

Greenland & the Faroe Islands aren't part of the EEA, but are covered by separate reciprocal health care arrangements with the UK.

Here, UK residents are entitled to emergency care on the same basis as local people.

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