Income-based benefits
You are automatically entitled to free NHS dental treatment if you’re included in an award for:
- Income Support
- Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
If you’re getting one of these benefits, your partner and any dependent young people under 20 included in your award are also entitled to free treatment.
You're also entitled to:
free NHS prescriptionsfree NHS sight testsfree NHS wigs and fabric supportshelp with the cost of glasses or contact lensesrefunds of necessary travel costs to receive NHS treatment
Use your award notice as proof that you’re entitled.
Contribution-based benefits
If you’re receiving contribution-based Jobseeker’s Allowance, contribution-based Employment and Support Allowance, you are not automatically entitled to free NHS dental treatment. However, you could apply for help through the NHS Low Income Scheme.
Pension Credits
You’re entitled to free NHS dental treatment if you or your partner gets either:
- Pension Credit Guarantee Credit
- Pension Credit Guarantee Credit with Savings Credit
You're also entitled to:
free NHS prescriptionsfree NHS sight testsfree NHS wigs and fabric supportshelp with the cost of glasses or contact lensesrefunds of necessary travel costs to receive NHS treatment
Use your award notice as proof that you’re entitled.
If you get Pension Credit Savings Credit on its own, you are not automatically entitled to free NHS dental treatment. However, you could apply for help through the NHS Low Income Scheme.
Universal Credit
Not everyone getting Universal Credit is entitled to free NHS dental treatment.
Your entitlement depends on your total take-home pay in the last assessment period.
Read our Universal Credit page to check if you are entitled free NHS prescriptions.