Finding a doctor who speaks english

I HAVE HEARD THAT AN ENGLISH GP HAS STARTED A PRACTICE IN MY AREA. CAN YOU ADVISE ME WHERE I SHOULD LOOK AS I CANNOT FIND ANY DETAILS? A.T. Doctors are not allowed to advertise (eg. by

taking out a press advert) and there is no official way to search (on the internet or otherwise) for a doctor who speaks English or is of a certain nationality. The Code de la Santé details

the advertising ban and also says doctors should not describe themselves in an excessively self-promoting way on their websites. However just stating that they are English, for example, or

speak English, would just be ‘information’, a spokeswoman for the Ordre National des Médecins told Connexion. An internet search for “English-speaking doctors” throws up some incomplete

unofficial lists. There are also some services in France specifically aimed at English-speakers, such as the American Hospital of Paris, which has hundreds of doctors on its books, many of

whom see people as outpatients (see “Find a physician” at american-hospital.org) or the Institut Hospitalier Franco-Britannique (www.ihfb.org) also in Paris, which is run by the Hertford

British Hospital Charity. Riviera Medical Services (www.rivieramedical.com) is a partnership of doctors who all speak English and are based across the Alpes-Maritimes. The emergency home

call-outs service SOS Médecins (3624) also says you may ask for an English-speaking doctor.