A recent survey of UK workers aged between 18 & 45 suggests - “Over half of young employees believe there are better prospects abroad and are considering a stay overseas”.
The poll of 1,500 (of whom 66% were under 30) carried out by Aviva found that younger respondents favoured medium term breaks, with 43% saying a year would be long enough while a fifth would consider a three-year break from the UK.
A quarter of respondents to the poll said the NHS is one of the things they would most miss, while almost two thirds (64%) believe the UK has superior state health benefits over other countries.
Two in five (44%) have already seen a friend or family member move abroad for work in the last three years.
The most popular destinations for 18 to 30 year olds are Australia, the United States, Canada, Spain and New Zealand.
Steve Nelson, International Sales Manager at April Medibroker comments on the findings of this poll:
"If you are planning to move overseas it is important to take out additional medical insurance – “Young British expats looking to pursue careers overseas may expect to be able to return to the UK for treatment if necessary but could find that this is not possible (they may have lost their entitlement to free NHS care).
The danger is that, should the worst happen, these people could find themselves in unfamiliar territories, often not speaking the local language, not knowing how to arrange medical treatment or indeed being able to pay for it."
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