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HCS1: Are you Entitled to Help with Health Costs?

• NHS prescriptions
• NHS dental treatment
• Glasses, contact lenses and eye examinations
• NHS wigs and fabric supports
• Travel to hospital for NHS treatment

Contents

Introduction
How to use this booklet
Free NHS Prescriptions
Free NHS Dental Treatment
NHS Optical Vouchers
Repair or replacement of glasses or contact lenses
Free NHS Wigs and Fabric Supports from Hospital
Travel Costs (to hospital for NHS treatment)

AGE GROUPS
Children under 16 and young people in full-time education aged 16, 17 and 18
Other young people
People aged 60 or over

INCOME GROUPS
People getting benefits or tax credits
Income Support
Pension Credit guarantee credit
Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance
Other benefits
Tax credits
The NHS Low Income Scheme

OTHER GROUPS
People with specified medical conditions, including needing help to go out
Prescription Pre-payment Certificates ( PPCs)
Sexually Transmissible Infections ( STI)
Pregnant women or women who have had a baby in the previous 12 months
People registered blind or partially sighted
People who have lost or damaged their glasses or contact lenses
People with impaired hearing
People who live in a care home
Young people supported by a local authority after leaving care
NHS Hospital in-patients
NHS Hospital out-patients
NHS Hospital Dental Service patients
NHS Hospital Eye Department patients
People who travel to hospital for NHS treatment
People living in the Council areas of Highland, Argyll and Bute, Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland
War pensioners
People from abroad

FURTHER ADVICE
Claiming help when you go for treatment
Claiming free prescriptions
Claiming free dental treatment
Using NHS vouchers for glasses or contact lenses
Claiming help with travel costs to and from hospital
Information about checks of entitlement
How to claim a refund
Prescription charge refunds
Prescription Pre-payment Certificate ( PPC) refunds
Other refunds
NHS dental treatment refunds
Glasses or contact lens refunds
Lost or damaged glasses or contact lenses
Refunds for hospital travel costs
Refunds for wigs and fabric supports
The Penalty Charge
Further information
Health costs advice lines
NHS Tax Credit Exemption Certificates
Other health advice

PROOF OFENTITLEMENT TABLES
Free NHS prescriptions
Free NHS dental treatment
Free NHS sight test and optical vouchers

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