HCS 1: Are You Entitled to Help with Health Costs?

You can get free NHS prescriptions if at the time the prescription is dispensed you:

are aged 60 or over;
are under 16;
are in full-time education and aged 16, 17 or 18;
are pregnant or have had a baby in the previous 12 months and have a valid exemption certificate;
have a listed medical condition and have a valid exemption certificate;
have a continuing physical disability which means you cannot go out without help from another person and have a valid exemption certificate;
are an NHS in-patient;
are getting, or your partner gets:
Income Support, income-related Employment and Support Allowance or
Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance
(Incapacity Benefit, Employment and Support Allowance (Contributory) and Disability Living Allowance do not count as they are not income- related), or
Pension Credit Guarantee Credit;
hold a valid Prescription Pre-payment Certificate;
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, the prescription is for your pensionable disablement and you have a valid war pension exemption certificate.

The following items are supplied free:

medication administered at a hospital;
prescribed contraceptives;
medication personally administered by a GP;
medication supplied by a hospital for the treatment of a sexually transmissible infection ( STI);
medication prescribed for the treatment of tuberculosis ( TB).

The Scottish Government