Good evening to you all (or morning depending on where you might be! )
I’ve just registered and I’m a newbie on here as we are doing a bit of research on the possibility of emigrating to Australia from Scotland and this very useful resource has answered many of our queries already via searching through the historical and backdated posts. (so thank you very much for the assistance so far!)
We are a family of four – 2 lovely daughters aged 4 and 6, my wife who is 43 years young and myself, 37 years & on a fairly tough paper round at the moment but hanging on in there in! I’m a Quantity Surveyor with 16 years’ experience mainly in Civil Engineering and Private House Building. My wife formerly worked in accountancy & finance, the majority of her experience gained working as a Treasurer but for the last 7 years has taken on a much tougher role as full time Mum.
It would be our intention to main Status Quo with me in full time employment as a QS, hopefully in Civil Engineering or Private Housing and my wife continuing to raise our daughters on a full time basis with no pressure to return to work until our girls are grown up and she feels that she would like to rather than have to.
We are fairly confident that in terms of QS jobs & cost of housing/cost of living we could make this work as long as we’re sensible about houses and cars, our main concern and reason for this post is health care related.
My wife has been Type 1 diabetic for 35 years and in more recent years has been diagnosed with hypothyroidism. She also has a Vitamin B12 deficiency and receives B12 injections every 8 weeks. Although she requires 2 types of insulin, metformin, levothyroxine & B12 injections, she is slim & healthy with well controlled diabetes.
We’ve read that most from the UK are successful in receiving medicare meaning that medical costs/prescriptions are subsidised but wondered how likely this would be if the intention was for my wife to remain a stay at home Mum? We also wonder if anyone could point us in the direction of where we could find out and health insurance, how much it would cost and whether it would cover the cost of prescriptions and on-going diabetic care? We’re also reading about a healthcare card that some people with chronic conditions are eligible for and wondered if anyone can shed any light on this as we’re reading conflicting views on the cost of healthcare in general and need find out more before we get our hopes built up as we’re cautious about becoming emotionally invested in the Australian Dream until we find out more about the standard of diabetic care on offer and costs involved.
Any pointers/advice/guidance/assistance would be greatly appreciated!
Many thanks!
Jim
