Help with Health Costs

Most NHS treatment is free, although there can be charges for some things.

The guide available below sets out information about whether you will have to pay charges and also tells you about the help you might get with the cost of the following:

Help with health costs covers:

• Free NHS prescriptions
• Free NHS dental treatment
• Free NHS sight tests
• Vouchers towards the cost of glasses or contact lenses
• Free NHS wigs and fabric supports
• Repayment of necessary travel costs to hospital and back for NHS treatment

If you or your partner get:

• Income Support
• Pension Credit guaranteed credit
• Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance
• Working Tax Credit with Child Tax Credit, or
• Working Tax Credit with a disability element, or
• Child Tax Credit and you are not eligible for Working Tax Credit, and
• Your gross annual income for 2003 is £14,200 per year or less?

You can find out more from the Help with Health Costs Booklet  (148k)