Healthcare on the water

A boat doesn’t count as a permanent address, so it can be hard for boaters to register with a doctor. Officially in the UK you can register with a surgery and use its address for any correspondence—as long as you can get past the receptionists, who often don’t know this. We get a lot of prejudice about our way of life, that we’re all dirty and don’t work. But it’s such a diverse community; we’ve got so many people doing different jobs. We do work, and our children go to school. The boating community is a very close and caring …