Registering with a Doctor/Dentist :
Italy
Registering with a Doctor/Dentist
If you require medical treatment in Italy, you should contact the Local Health Unit ‘Unita Sanitaria Locale – USL’ Hand your European Health Insurance Card to the ‘USL’ and obtain a certificate of entitlement. Ask for a list of the scheme’s practitioners, and then take the certificate to one of them, who will charge you a fee.
If you are in receipt of Sickness Benefit in the UK, you may be able to transfer payment to Italy. Ask at your local Jobcentre, Jobcentre Plus office or Social Security office in the UK for more information.
Many Doctors and Dentists are English speaking, especially in the more commercial areas of Italy. You have a free choice of general practitioner, paediatrician and several specialists within your area, providing your choice does not bring the doctor's/dentist's list above the maximum patients permitted. For an English speaking Doctor, ask around - other Brits in the neighbourhood can help as well as many of the locals.