Julia

Hi Julia. Re portable, we looked into that before we knew we could get it free. We have a portable at home as well as a concentrator but you are not allowed to take them abroad as it is the property of nhs (Boc) . You can purchase the same portable as I found them on the Internet between £2000 and £4000. It does seem a waste if you only need it for this holiday especially as you are entitled to, and in our experience you do receive exactly what you have in the uk, free in Spain. We were offered liquid oxygen as well but we did not need it. I cannot stress enough that whatever oxygen you receive here in the uk from the nhs you can and will receive the same in Spain if you organise it in advance, they then bill the uk (you are not involved in any of that) you just have to detail your requirements, length of stay, address that you are staying at and have verification from gp that those are your requirements. Seriously why would you want to spend out on a portable when you can get what you normally use free?

Hope this helps.

ps...perhaps we need to make the most of it in case we come out of the EU!!!!!