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HCS1: Are You Entitled to Help With Health Costs? HCS2 A Quick Guide to Help With Health Costs includes Charges and OPtical Voucher Values: 2006/2007 HCS3: Poster

DescriptionDetailed information on help with health costs, what people are entitled to, how they can claim help.
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Official Print Publication Date
Website Publication DateDecember 20, 2006

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FREE NHS WIGs AND FABRIC SUPPORTS FROM A HOSPITAL

You can get free NHS wigs and fabric supports (spinal or abdominal supports or sugical brassiere) if you:

  • are under 16;
  • are aged 16, 17 or 18 and in full-time education;
  • are 60 or over;
  • are a hospital in-patient;
  • are a war pensioner and the wig or fabric support is for your pensionable disablement and you have a valid war pension exemption certificate;
  • are getting, or your partner gets:
    Income Support, or
    Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance
    (Incapacity Benefit and Disability Living Allowance do not count as they are not income-related), or
    Pension Credit Guarantee Credit;
  • are entitled to, or named on, a valid NHS tax credit exemption certificate;
  • are named on a valid HC2 certificate.

Partial help:

  • if you are named on a valid HC3 certificate you might get some help.

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Page updated: Monday, December 11, 2006