My uncle and his wife have just returned to the UK after living in spain for 15 years. They are close to retirement age, have some health issues and want to use the NHS.
They own a house in Spain.
They were assigned a case worker..for the last 3 months they've been travelling back and forward to see him and sort things out. In 1st interview they raised concerns named above..i.e. would they be treated worse than so called immigrants. Their case worker looked at them and said 'this is a myth, of course you will be treated the same, if not as more of a priority, you are nationals''.
They have now been offered 4 different places to live. They have settled on a 2 bedroom bungalow in a really good area (Gt Haywood, Sean will know it)..
So...don't believe all you hear/read.