If you have a valid permit of stay allowing to register to the NHS, or if you are waiting for your permit first issue or renewal..

You can register to the Italian National Health System.

Where: You can go to the register office at the nearest Local Health Unit (Maps). You will receive a health card valid for the same period of your permit of stay. The health card is personal and is needed to register with a General Practitioner, to receive medical assistance (visits, diagnostic tests, hospitalization) and to get medicines.

Remember: your spouse and children can also register to the National Health System


When you or your children feel sick

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