This is an upcoming publication to be released on 26 June 2025. Visit our statistical publication calendar for the release date of our other publications.
The NHSBSA administer a range of services to help people with health costs, including help with:
- NHS prescription costs
- NHS dental costs
- sight tests, glasses and contact lenses
- travel to receive NHS treatment
- NHS wigs and fabric supports
Full details of these schemes are available on the Help with Health Costs webpage.
Different certificate schemes are available, with different levels of help with health costs:
- NHS Prescription Prepayment certificate (PPC)
- NHS Low Income Scheme (LIS)
- NHS Hormone Replacement Therapy Prescription Prepayment Certificate (HRT PPC)
- Medical exemption certificate
- Maternity exemption certificate
Tax Credit payments made by HMRC ended on 5 April 2025, so the NHS Tax Credit exemption certificate scheme is no longer issuing certificates. Data on the tax credit scheme in 2024/25 will be included in the upcoming release.
The Help with Health Costs – England 2024/25 publication is an official statistic in development. It will be produced with full consideration of the standards set out in the Code of Practice for Statistics.
You can read the latest version on the Help with Health Costs – 2023/24 webpage.