Hi everyone
As said before there is a lot of very good information on this forum. My husband and I are thinking of coming to Malta for about 5 months at the beginning of October and renting while we make a definite decision about living in Malta altogether (now in Spain). I have phoned the Pensions Department in Newcastle and have been told that if we do move to Malta, my old age pension can be paid into a bank account there in the same way that I receive it in Spain. Also, for free health care cover, I just need to get the E121 forms again from Newcastle and take them to the relevant department in Malta the same as I had to do in Spain when I was in receipt of my pension at 60.
Hope this is of some interest to others who might be in a similar age group to ourselves (61 & 62).