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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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Website Publication DateDecember 20, 2006

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TRAVEL COSTS (to hospital for NHS treatment)

You can get help with necessary travel costs if you:

  • are getting, or your partner gets (includes travel costs for your dependent children):
    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 issued under the terms of the NHS Low Income Scheme.
  • are a war pensioner and the hospital treatment is for your pensionable disablement.

For children under 16 and those aged 16 to 18 - also read here.

Partial help:

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

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Page updated: Monday, December 11, 2006