How does the Gibraltar Health Authority (GHA) system work?

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Public healthcare in Gibraltar is run by the Gibraltar Health Authority under a contributory scheme called the Group Practice Medical Scheme (GPMS). Registered patients receive GP, hospital and mental health care at no charge, apart from a £5 per item prescription charge capped at £15.
The GHA delivers primary, secondary and mental health care through three main sites: the Primary Care Centre, St Bernard's Hospital and the Ocean Views Mental Health Facility.
Entitlement comes from the Group Practice Medical Scheme. Two groups qualify: insured persons paying Gibraltar social insurance contributions (and their dependants), and persons ordinarily resident in Gibraltar. You must register and hold a valid GHA card.
Primary Care Centre: GP services are based at the Primary Care Centre on the St Bernard's Hospital site, Harbour Views Road, with its entrance next to the main hospital entrance. Registered patients may request a GP of their choice.
Booking appointments: call 200 52441. For a same-day doctor, call between 8:15am and 11am. For the emergency evening clinic, call between 4pm and 6pm. For advance appointments, blood tests, driving medicals and similar, call between 11am and 3pm or book online through the Government eServices portal.
Repeat prescriptions: use the online form on gha.gi or call 200 07909 between 11am and 3pm.
Urgent medical advice: call 111.
Specialist care not available locally is arranged through the GHA Sponsored Patients Unit, usually at hospitals in Spain or the UK.

How does the Gibraltar Health Authority (GHA) system work?

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Who is entitled

Seeing a GP

Urgent advice and specialist care