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Universal Credit toolkit
Not everyone getting Universal Credit is entitled to help with their health costs.
You are only entitled if your take-home pay in your last assessment period was:
£435 or less
£935 or less if your Universal Credit includes a payment for a child…
Universal Credit
Not everyone getting Universal Credit is entitled to help with their health costs.
You are only entitled if your take-home pay in your last assessment period was:
£435 or less
£935 or less if your Universal Credit includes a payment for a child…
Aged 19 and under
Jump to:
Aged 18 and under and in full time education
If you are:
under 16
aged 16, 17 or 18 and in full time education
You get:
free NHS prescriptions
free NHS dental treatment
free NHS sight tests
free NHS wigs and fabric…
Check if you have an NHS exemption
You can use our exemption checker to find out if you have a valid:
medical exemption certificate
maternity exemption certificate
NHS Tax Credit Exemption certificate
HC2 certificate
3 or 12 month Prescription Prepayment Certificate that…
Help with NHS prescription costs
In England, most working-age adults have to pay for their prescriptions. Certain groups are entitled to free NHS prescriptions.
Use our eligibility checker to see if you are entitled to free NHS prescriptions and other help with health costs.
The…
Replacement dental appliances
If you need a replacement for a lost or broken NHS denture, bridge or orthodontic appliance, your dental practice will charge you.
The current charge is £95.70 per appliance.
You will have to pay the NHS charge even if you normally qualify for…
War Pension Scheme and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme
If you receive War Pension Scheme or Armed Forces Compensation Scheme payments and are under the age of 60, you can request a war pension exemption certificate from Veterans UK.
A valid war pension exemption certificate entitles you to:
free NHS…
64,000 NHS medical exemption certificate expiry dates extended
The Department of Health and Social Care have agreed to extend all NHS medical exemption certificates which are due to expire between 14 December 2021 and 1 March 2022 for a further six months from the current date of expiry.
This is to help reduce…