can you tell me more about what was said on watchdog as I have searched the site and cannot find anything???

Click Here for the report.

thanks for that great information and am glad we have our new cards ready

An interesting article although it concentrates on one rogue practitioner and IMO is designed to scare the tourist, a bit like talking about Harold Shipman as a typical British GP. The most important thing to remember after your EHIC form is the following sentance from the article:

The Spanish Public Hospitals are ranked seventh best in the world, way ahead of the British NHS, which comes in 19th, according to the World Health Organisation - so tourists shouldn't be put off.