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Help with health costs because of your age
Aged 18 and under and in full time educationYou are entitled to help with health costs if you are:under 16aged 16, 17 or 18 and in full time educationYou get: free NHS prescriptionsfree NHS dental treatmentfree NHS sight testsfree NHS wigs and…
Help with travel, eye care, wigs and fabric support costs
Certain groups are automatically entitled to help with the cost of:
travel to receive necessary NHS treatment
sight tests
glasses or contact lenses
NHS wigs
abdominal and spinal supports
surgical brassieres
People who are not automatically…
NHS Help with Health Costs
Although most NHS treatment is free, there are still some costs you might need to pay. For example, you may need to pay for your prescriptions or to travel to your hospital appointment.Find out how you could get help to pay for these health…
Sight tests, glasses and contact lenses
You're entitled to a free NHS sight test if you:are aged 60 or overare registered blind or partially sightedhave been diagnosed with diabetes or glaucomaare aged 40 or over and have a close relative (parent, sibling or child) with a history of…
Check if you have an NHS exemption
You can use our exemption checker to find out if you have a valid: medical exemption certificatematernity exemption certificateHC2 certificate3 or 12 month Prescription Prepayment Certificate that covers all NHS prescriptionsIt will tell you if…
Universal Credit
Not everyone getting Universal Credit is entitled to help with their health costs.You are only entitled to claim for help with health costs if your total take-home pay for your household in your last Universal Credit assessment period was below a…
Contact NHS Help with Health Costs
If you have made an application for the Low Income Scheme (HC1) or a travel refund claim (HC5), you can find out what applications we are currently dealing with at Current applications – dates being processed.Contact us using our online…