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HC3 certificates (limited help with health costs)
If you apply to the NHS Low Income Scheme and receive an HC3 certificate for limited help with health costs, your certificate shows how much you have to pay towards your health costs for:
NHS dental treatment
NHS sight tests
travelling to…
Aged 19 and under
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Aged 18 and under and in full time education
If you are:
under 16
aged 16, 17 or 18 and in full time education
You get:
free NHS prescriptions
free NHS dental treatment
free NHS sight tests
free NHS wigs and fabric…
Help with travel, eye care, wigs and fabric support costs
Certain groups are automatically entitled to help with the cost of:
travel to receive necessary NHS treatment
sight tests
glasses or contact lenses
NHS wigs
abdominal and spinal supports
surgical brassieres
People who are not automatically…
Aged 60 and over
If you're aged 60 and over, you get free:
NHS prescriptions
NHS sight tests
NHS dental check-ups in Scotland or Wales
Medical conditions
People with certain medical conditions can get free NHS prescriptions if they have a valid medical exemption certificate.
Find out more about medical exemption certificates and how to apply for one.
Free NHS dental treatment
Certain groups don't have to pay NHS dental treatment charges.
You should always check with your dentist whether your treatment is private or NHS. If you're entitled to free NHS treatment and the treatment you receive is a mixture of NHS and…
NHS tax credit exemption certificates
Tax Credit payments made by HMRC ended on 5 April 2025
People receiving tax credits were moved to Universal Credit. After your tax credits were stopped, you must meet the Universal Credit conditions to be entitled to full help with health costs.…
Pregnant or had a baby in the past 12 months
If you’re pregnant or have given birth in the last 12 months, you are entitled to:
free NHS dental treatment
free NHS prescriptions, if you have a valid maternity exemption certificate
Speak to your midwife, doctor or health visitor and they…
Universal Credit
Not everyone getting Universal Credit is entitled to help with their health costs.
You are only entitled if the total take-home pay for your household in your last assessment period was:
£435 or less
£935 or less if your Universal Credit…
Travel to receive NHS treatment
Certain groups can claim help with the cost of travel to receive NHS care in England if they:
are referred by a doctor (GP or hospital doctor), ophthalmic practitioner or dentist
make an extra journey to go to hospital or another place to…