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 Malta has excellent medical services, including its facilities and the doctors and specialists from various disciplines. Along with the main general hospital, there are a number of health centres open day and night to care for patients' needs. For those who prefer private medical care, this is also vailable through a number of small private clinics where minor surgery can be performed carried out and two private hospitals. Private medical insurance companies operating in the UK also operate in Malta. Private medical care is provided at a charge, just as in the case of non-Maltese nationals being treated in Government Hospitals. However, Malta has reciprocal health care agreements with a number of countries when it comes to providing visitors with urgent medical care.
EU citizens, resident in Malta, are entitled to Free Public Health care services in accordance with entitlements, as determined from time to time by the Ministry of Health.
Their entitlement has to be confirmed with and certified by the Entitlement Unit with the Ministry of Health. The applicant must be in possession of the appropriate E form signifying their entitlement to health care under the Social Security registration in their country of origin within Europe. This official certification, together with a personal identification document, will be sufficient to receive health care in public health care services. Hence, the Maltese Government is not responsible for the treatment or care given to EU citizens in private hospital or health centres or by practitioners.
It is therefore advisable that visitors check with their respective Health authorities as to whether such arrangements exist between their country and Malta. If this is not the case, insurance is advisable.
Through a reciprocal health agreement with the UK, British citizens benefit from the following special arrangements with regards to medical care given at Government medical facilities:
| Temporary visitors who fall sick within the first 30 days of their stay in Malta are entitled to free medical care, whether in hospital, at health centres, or if necessary, where the patient is staying. | |
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British residents who hold a permanent residence permit do not pay any hospital (or health centre) fees. | |
British citizens in possession of a valid permit to remain in Malta under section 6(1)(c) of the Immigration Act 1970 (i.e. those with an extended visa), pay 15% of the standard hospital fees if they fall sick on the expiry of the 30 day permit envisaged under (1) above. Medicines required outside hospital are however, on payment. |
Further information may be obtained from the Ministry of Health website: www.health.gov.mt | 
